ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has finalized its decision to hold a long march towards Islamabad on October 4, issuing preparations directives to lawmakers, party office-bearers and affiliated organizations.
According to Express News, PTI has decided not to further postpone the march, which was earlier deferred from September 27.
Party lawmakers, office-bearers and affiliated organizations have been directed to make full preparations for the march, while various committees have also been formed for the purpose.
According to PTI sources, the march schedule will be announced on October 2. A convoy led by KP Chief Minister Sohail Afridi will depart from Peshawar and stay overnight in Swabi, where the next course of action will be announced.
Sohail Afridi has directed that the march will remain peaceful. He said workers and lawmakers would participate without carrying slingshots, sticks or guns, and anyone attempting to create unrest would be apprehended and handed over to police.
A meeting of PTI’s parliamentary party, divisional organizations and office-bearers was held under the chairmanship of Sohail Afridi to discuss the October 4 march. Former KP chief minister Ali Amin Gandapur also attended the meeting.
Various proposals regarding the march were discussed, including a suggestion to start processions from the southern districts.
The chief minister said the final schedule would be announced on October 2. It was decided that the main convoy would leave from Peshawar, with Nowshera as its first stop and Swabi as its second stop.
During the meeting, Sohail Afridi also expressed concerns about certain elements within the party and said that “Mir Jafars and Mir Sadiqs” were present in their ranks.
According to sources, lawmakers were assigned responsibilities and briefed on the future course of action regarding the October 4 march.
Addressing a BRT ceremony, Sohail Afridi said every policy that harms the province would be changed. He said PTI would not accept such policies even if it had to “rebel.”
He also claimed that October 4 would see the biggest march in Pakistan’s history, adding that they would not retreat out of fear.
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