Overview
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa leaders publicly announced the call for a nationwide long march to Islamabad after large Peshawar rallies in early August, setting the date for September 27.
- PTI framed two core demands for the mobilisation: that cases against Imran Khan and his wife be fixed for prompt hearings and that their access to lawyers, doctors, relatives and party leaders be fully restored.
- The party says it reached the decision after consulting allies and is opening outreach to opposition and religious parties with a delegation expected to begin meetings after August 14.
- Senior PTI figures and local chapters have criticised the announcement, saying they were not consulted and circulating opposition to the September 27 date, exposing an internal rift over organisation and timing.
- Imran Khan remains jailed at Adiala since August 2023 with multiple convictions and pending trials, and the planned multi-day march raises the prospect of wider political confrontation depending on government response and cross-party participation.