The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has decided to postpone its Islamabad long march (protest demanding release of Imran Khan) until October 5, as reported by local media.
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Local media reports said the decision was taken during a PTI meeting in Peshawar. The party has reportedly decided to postpone the long march, originally scheduled for September 27, and hold it on October 5 instead.
Meanwhile, the decision will be formally announced after Mahmood Achakzai and Allama Nasir are taken into confidence, reports added.
Earlier, PTI Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Secretary Shaukat Yousafzai had said that no decision had been made to call off the long march.
He said the PTI was fully prepared for the protest and that the long march would remain peaceful, with no use of government resources.
Yousafzai added that the party could reconsider its position if the federal government agreed to hold negotiations. However, he said the long march would not be called off this time without achieving its objectives.
The PTI leader also said there was no need to remove containers or reopen blocked roads, adding that wherever the routes were blocked, protesters would stage sit-ins at those locations.
Earlier this month, an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) has ordered the blocking of the passports of 24 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lawmakers in a case registered at Kohsar Police Station.
ATC Judge Abul Hasnat Muhammad Zulqarnain issued the order after the police requested that the passports of the accused be blocked, citing concerns that they could leave the country and avoid legal proceedings.
The list includes Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi, along with several other PTI lawmakers.
