PESHAWAR: The PTI Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chapter on Saturday unveiled its five-day plan for the protest march, with caravans led by party leaders from across the province to reach Swabi by Oct 8.

“Upon reaching Swabi, the chief minister will announce the future line of action,” Information Secretary Shaukat Yousafzai said in a statement.

The detailed plan was announced while a second round of PTI talks with the government was still underway in Islamabad.

According to the plan, Chief Minister Sohail Afridi will lead the PTI march from Gandi Chowk in Lakki Marwat today while PTI KP President Junaid Akbar will depart from Chakdara, Lower Dir, leading processions from Malakand Division. The CM-led caravans will cross the Karak and Kohat districts on October 5, reach Peshawar the next day, and depart for Swabi on October 7.

Spokesperson says all KP convoys to converge on Swabi by Oct 8

Convoys from Shangla, Kohistan and Hazara will move towards Swabi under the leadership of KP Assembly Speaker Babar Saleem Swati, Ali Asghar Khan, Ali Khan Jadoon and Akbar Ayub Khan via Hazara Motorway.

All the convoys will converge on Swabi, where the CM will announce the future course of action, Mr Yousafzai said, adding that preparations for the protest march had been completed and the protesters would remain peaceful.

CM Afridi and Junaid Akbar have instructed all workers that they should not bring any kind of weapon, slingshot, sticks or stones with them, he said, adding that the PTI’s struggle was constitutional and political. The PTI leader said they wanted the government to implement court decisions regarding their party chief, adding that the Supreme Court had ordered shifting Imran Khan to Shifa Hospital and the Islamabad High Court had ordered the lifting of the ban on meetings.

However, the government was not implementing the court decisions, the spokesperson said, adding that they would remain peaceful. According to the PTI leader, the march will not be postponed until their constitutional demands are met.

He said the ball was in the government’s court and it could decide if it wanted peace in the country or wanted to use power to prevent people from demanding their basic rights. He also claimed that terrorism could not be blamed on a single province, adding that the federation would have to sit with the province and make a policy, as a blame game would yield no result. If governor’s rule or emergency was imposed in the province, the entire nation would bear its consequences, he warned.

Published in Dawn, October 4th, 2026