PTI leader dismisses reports of postponing Sept 27 long march

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and Tehreek Tahaffuz Ayeen-i-Pakistan (TTAP) spokesperson Hussain Ahmad Yousafzai on Friday dismissed reports that the party’s long march on September 27 had been postponed, saying no such decision had been taken yet.

Talking to HUM Digital, he said consultations were still under way and would continue until around 8pm to 9pm, after which the alliance would announce its decision.

Asked about road closures and how the PTI and its alliance planned to proceed with the march, Yousafzai said, “This march of ours will not be a one-day event.”

Earlier, various media outlets, citing sources, reported that the PTI had decided to postpone its planned Islamabad long march until October 5.

The reports claimed that the decision to postpone the march was taken during a meeting of the PTI political committee in Peshawar.

HUM News could not independently verify the reports and later sought Yousafzai’s version, who denied that any decision to postpone the march had been taken.

Earlier, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi said the PTI’s planned protest march on Islamabad would go ahead at all costs despite roadblocks and other difficulties.

Addressing a press conference at the KP Chief Minister’s Secretariat, Afridi questioned the presence of officials from other provinces in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, alleging that personnel from one province were entering another province and clashing with provincial government employees.

“What are we supposed to understand from this? Has the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa administration lost confidence in its own police, and is the administration or police of another province now going to be deployed here?” he asked.

Afridi said the developments were raising questions about the federal structure and accused the authorities of pursuing policies that, according to him, were weakening the federation.

He also alleged that nails had been placed on roads at the boundaries of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, describing the move as an attempt to undermine the province.

“Pakistan will not break under any circumstances, and we will save Pakistan,” Afridi said.

Referring to a video showing officials from another province allegedly entering Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and clashing with provincial government personnel, he again questioned the presence of outside officials in the province.