Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Chief Minister Sohail Afridi said the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) was Pakistan’s “largest and most popular political party” and that its planned October 4 march would begin from Gandi Chowk in Lakki Marwat and continue until the supremacy of the Constitution and law and the restoration of an independent judiciary.
In a post on X, the chief minister said Pakistan was a democratic country and its Constitution provided the right to peaceful protest.
He said all demands of the PTI were in accordance with the Constitution and law.
“On October 4, a sea of people will begin its journey from Gandi Chowk, Lakki Marwat, and will continue its struggle until the supremacy of the Constitution and law and restoration of an independent judiciary in Pakistan,” he said.
ہم پاکستان کی سب سے بڑی اور سب سے مقبول سیاسی جماعت ہیں۔ پاکستان ایک جمہوری ملک ہے، جس کا آئین ہمیں پُرامن احتجاج کا حق دیتا ہے۔
4 اکتوبر کو گنڈی چوک، لکی مروت سے عوام کا سمندر اپنا سفر شروع کرے گا اور پاکستان میں آئین و قانون کی بالادستی اور آزاد عدلیہ کی بحالی تک اپنی جدوجہد…
— Sohail Afridi (@SohailAfridiISF) October 3, 2026
The chief minister alleged that those who had been “forcibly” kept in control of Pakistan wanted the country to break apart, and accused them of “setting Pakistan on fire” to protect their power.
He also alleged that terrorism had been deliberately imposed on K-P again after the “regime change”, saying that when PTI had raised its voice in the summer of 2022, it had been called a liar.
“Terrorism is not a narrative war for the people of K-P and Pakistan; every citizen is affected by it,” he said.
The chief minister said PTI founder Imran Khan had always maintained that military operations against people in the country and displacing them were not a lasting solution to the problem.
He said drone attacks and so-called “collateral damage” increased terrorism, adding that he remained firm on this position.
CM Afridi said the stance was no longer limited to PTI in K-P, but was shared by every political and religious party and people belonging to every school of thought, with their signatures available as evidence in the provincial assembly jirga.
The chief minister said that during PTI’s federal government, Pakistan and K-P were known for “tourism, not terrorism”.
Read: PTI long march to roll out from Lakki
He said that when he claimed that peace could return to K-P within 100 days through a change in policy, the proposal was not acted upon.
“Who is facilitating terrorism?” he asked, while also questioning who was taking away ministers and workers along with “good” favourites, why weapons purchased for the province were not reaching the police and why the police had been forced to rebel.
He also questioned why peace had not returned to Balochistan when the provincial and federal governments were “on the same page”, and why Pakistan had ranked first in terrorism.
The chief minister said those who considered themselves “all-knowing” had been wrong in the past and remained wrong, adding that they would continue to be wrong until they changed their policies.
He said they would neither allow nor let anyone repeat May 9.
“Whoever stole the CCTV footage was the one who caused May 9,” he added.
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