Imran Khan supporters to march on Islamabad to demand his release
PTI says the march will press for a meeting with Imran Khan after negotiations collapsed over access, medical care and other demands.
- On Sunday, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf confirmed its long march to Islamabad will proceed after negotiations with the government collapsed early Sunday following a deadlock in the second round of talks.
- Negotiations stalled because the government demanded the protest be canceled first, while PTI insisted on meeting jailed founder Imran Khan and securing access to his personal physician before deciding on the march.
- Protesters seek Khan's release, hospital transfer, and family visit permissions; the march begins Sunday in Lakki Marwat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , with supporters from across the province joining the convoy along the route.
- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's adviser Rana Sanaullah warned that "No one would be allowed to enter Islamabad," as shipping containers now block key approaches to the capital to contain the movement.
- Imprisoned since 2023 on corruption charges, Khan remains the central figure in the standoff; the government accused PTI of sympathizing with the Pakistani Taliban, and past protests by his supporters have occasionally turned violent.
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Imran Khan’s Party Revives Protest March After Talks Collapse
The party of Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan began a march toward Islamabad from the country’s northwest after talks with the government broke down over demands including access to the jailed leader.
Demanding the release of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, supporters of his party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), began a long march on October 4. A large number of supporters are marching from Gandhi Chowk towards Islamabad.
Pakistan's Tehrik-e-Insaf party, former Prime Minister Imran Khan, started a long-day march on Islamabad on Sunday demanding his release from prison, originally scheduled for 27 September, but the organizers moved it to the fourth of October. The Pakistani authorities transferred tens of thousands of police officers to the capital to provide security in Islamabad against the background of preparations for a PTI statement by PTI supporters, trans…
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Imran Khan supporters march on Islamabad to demand his release after talks failed
The looming showdown threatens to deepen Pakistan’s political uncertainty at a time when the country is also grappling with a surge in militant attacks.
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