LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Barrister Gohar Khan has said that his party wants to hold a peaceful long march, rejecting apprehensions and allegations that the planned protest would target state institutions or cause unrest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe want our march to take place, and we want it to remain peaceful,\u201d Gohar said, accusing a certain group within the government of spreading \u201cpropaganda\u201d against the planned protest and long march.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Talking to the media in Lahore on Wednesday, he said that the PTI was a political and democratic force and would demonstrate its public support through the planned long march.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gohar said the party was seeking justice and would continue its protest until its objectives were achieved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He alleged that cases involving PTI founder and former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, were not being heard. He said that Imran Khan had not been shifted to a hospital despite recommendations from doctors and orders from the Supreme Court and high courts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe have approached the high courts 25 times and the Supreme Court 119 times, and raised our voice in parliament. When no one listened, we decided to take to the streets,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gohar said that the PTI would continue raising its voice on the streets so that the world could hear that it was not being treated fairly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Responding to questions about the breakdown of talks between PTI and the government, Gohar said that his party had repeatedly expressed its desire for dialogue but claimed that the government had not taken practical steps to move the process forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said that the PTI knew whom it needed to engage with and maintained that political issues should be resolved through political means.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTalks should take place, but unfortunately, they are not happening at the moment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gohar said that PTI leaders, Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party chief Mahmood Khan Achakzai and Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen chief Allama Raja Nasir Abbas were available for dialogue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said that the government\u2019s offer for talks remained merely an offer because, according to him, no practical measures had been taken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIf practical steps are taken, then we can sit down and talks can move forward,\u201d Gohar said, adding that PTI believed there was a lack of seriousness within the government to resolve the political issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gohar rejected what he described as a narrative being promoted by a section of the government that PTI\u2019s long march, rally or sit-in would involve attacks on state institutions, the country or Islamabad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe are not attacking anyone. We are raising our voice for our rights,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said that the PTI had remained peaceful and would continue to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gohar also questioned restrictions on PTI demonstrations, asking why the party was not being allowed to hold a march when other political parties had been permitted to organise marches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said that the party wanted its march to take place \u201cwith peace and calm\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gohar said that he had travelled to Lahore to express solidarity with Imran Khan\u2019s sisters, Aleema Khan<\/a>, Noreen Bibi and Uzma Khan<\/a>, who had been arrested and detained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He described their arrests as \u201cthe worst example of political victimisation\u201d, arguing that they were non-political family members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe strongly condemn the manner in which they have been picked up, particularly when they are non-political individuals,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gohar said that four members of Imran Khan\u2019s family were currently in jail, while eight PTI members of the National Assembly and two members of the provincial assembly had also been arrested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He further alleged that two ministers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were missing and said raids had also been conducted at the homes of two ministers in his constituency in Buner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He said PTI\u2019s MNAs and MPAs remained steadfast despite the arrests and raids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gohar alleged that \u201cgovernor\u2019s rule\u201d was effectively in place in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa without having been formally imposed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou have taken the entire administration into your hands,\u201d he said, warning of what he described as dangerous consequences for democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He alleged that although the province\u2019s ministers, MNAs and MPAs belonged to PTI, \u201cyour writ\u201d prevailed there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n PAK SOUCH MEDIA GROUP<\/p>\n\n\n\n Daily Pak Souch Newspaper Sukkur \u2013 Daily Pak Special Newspaper Karachi \u2013 Daily Pak Today Newspaper Karachi – Daily Pak Jazbo Newspaper Sukkur<\/p>\n\n\n\n Head Office : Ayub Gate Shaikh Muhalla Near Rabbania Masjid Sukkur<\/p>\n\n\n\n Karachi Office : Office No. 1901-B, 19th Floor Saima Trade Tower (B) Block I.I Chandigarh Road Near Jung Press, Shaheen Complex & National Museum of Pakistan Karachi Sindh Pakistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Contact : 03009319022<\/p>\n\n\n\n Website 1 : https:\/\/paksouch.com\/<\/a> LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Barrister Gohar Khan has said that his party wants to hold a peaceful long march, rejecting apprehensions and allegations that..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16269,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/11111-2026-09-20T161225-13.png",800,927,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/11111-2026-09-20T161225-13-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/11111-2026-09-20T161225-13-259x300.png",259,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/11111-2026-09-20T161225-13-768x890.png",768,890,true],"large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/11111-2026-09-20T161225-13.png",800,927,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/11111-2026-09-20T161225-13.png",800,927,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/11111-2026-09-20T161225-13.png",800,927,false]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"Pakistan<\/a>","tag_info":"Pakistan","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16268"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16270,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16268\/revisions\/16270"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\u2018Governor\u2019s rule already in place in KP\u2019<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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