'Will personally announce date of protest march': Imran Khan

Founder Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan stated on Monday that he will personally announce the date of an upcoming protest march.

Speaking to journalists at Adiala Jail Rawalpindi, the former Prime Minister said that with full preparation, he will call for an upcoming March protest against the incumbent government; Imran Khan’s X (formerly Twitter) account posted the message.

Imran Khan's message noted: “Our action plan was announced during the rally at Swabi. This time, our protest will continue, and our people will not go back to their homes until the constitution, democracy, and judicial independence are restored and our innocent workers and leaders are freed.”

Earlier, Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Ali Amin Gandapur on Saturday, while addressing the Swabi rally, had already predicted that the jailed founder of PTI would soon announce the date of the protest in the ongoing month (November).

“I am conveying Imran Khan's message to you that Khan will call for the date of the March protest this month (November), which would be that this time, when we leave, we will inform our families that if we do not return home, perform our funeral prayers,” CM KP Ali Amin Gandapur quoted incarcerated Imran Khan message in a Swabi rally on Saturday.

Referring to the PTI’s potential march on Islamabad, Gandapur firmly stated: “We will not return until the release of the PTI founder.”

Responding to the decision-maker power in his party, Ali Amin Gandapur said that only party founder Imran Khan has the power to make decisions in the PTI.

Jailed Imran Khan further said that he is ready to make every sacrifice to achieve genuine freedom for Pakistan.

Furthermore, the founder of PTI also directed the PTI officials, members of parliament, organisers, party ticket holders, workers, and supporters to finalise preparations and begin efforts for on-ground mobilisation.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister (PM) Advisor for Political Affairs Rana Sanaullah, while appearing on the Geo News programme ‘Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada Kay Saath,’ warned, “When they (PTI) speak about wearing shrouds, funeral prayers (...) they are giving a free hand to law enforcers to launch a crackdown against them.”

Rana Sanaullah advised that PTI should demand to hold a "democratic and peaceful" protest or rally to fulfil its demands instead of a “do or die” March call towards Islamabad.

PM Advisor for Political Affairs further said that the incarcerated PTI founder wished the opposition to be eliminated through the establishment.

Criticising the founder of PTI's harsh policy of “will not spare anyone,” Sanaullah maintained: “His [PTI founder] stubbornness led himself and the country to trouble.”