PTI mulls southern route for Oct 4 long march
The party has kept its route secret as leaders weigh convoy plans and a final launch city before the march on Islamabad.
- On Thursday, the federal government formed a committee to hold talks with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leadership on the current political situation and the party's planned October 4 long march toward Islamabad.
- Tensions escalated after the federal government threatened to impose governor's rule or an emergency in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa; the PTI originally postponed its long march from September 27 in response to mounting pressure.
- A joint delegation of federal government and Pakistan Peoples Party representatives will meet PTI leadership tomorrow at the office of National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq, including Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi and Adviser Rana Sanaullah.
- Federal officials are engaged in "off-the-record talks" with PTI, though Adviser Rana Sanaullah confirmed arrangements exist to prevent march participants from entering Islamabad "if the PTI leadership does not call off the proposed protest."
- Seeking the release of its jailed founding chairman and the restoration of constitutional supremacy, PTI is considering starting its march from southern districts including Karak and Dera Ismail Khan.
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