The PTI long march toward Islamabad scheduled for tomorrow has been postponed. On Friday, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi announced the change in the march date. The next date has been set for October 4.
In a statement, Chief Minister Sohail Afridi said, “Our long march toward Islamabad will begin from Peshawar on October 4.” He added, “Our struggle is only to establish the supreme authority or primacy of the constitution, restore an independent judiciary, secure media freedom and achieve the Haqiqi Azadi, or rightful freedom, that Imran Khan spoke about.”
Imran Khan is Pakistan’s former prime minister and the founder of PTI.
According to a report by The Guardian, leaders and activists of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, or PTI, have pledged to continue protest programs across Pakistan demanding the release of the party’s founder and former prime minister Imran Khan. The long march was announced as part of that campaign and had been scheduled for September 27. Imran Khan is currently imprisoned in Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail.
Meanwhile, to stop the PTI long march, Pakistan’s government has deployed several thousand police in Islamabad, placed barricades on highways and issued arrest warrants. Geo News reported that ahead of the PTI long march, major highways and motorways toward Islamabad have been closed or movement has been restricted. To maintain public order around the political program, the federal government has approved the deployment of Rangers in Islamabad and several districts of Punjab.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister and PTI leader Sohail Afridi spoke at a press conference on Friday.
Speaking about the long march at a press conference, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi said, “PTI people now want to be arrested themselves.” He claimed party members are now looking for a way out of the party.
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