Imran Khan's PTI postpones planned Islamabad march to October 4

Jailed former Prime Minister ​Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party has postponed a ‌planned long march from Peshawar to ​Islamabad until October 4, the ⁠Chief Minister of the PTI-ruled Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Sohail Afridi, told reporters on Friday (September 25, 2026).

PTI ‌had planned to begin the march on September 27 to press ‌for the release of Khan, ‌who ⁠has been in jail since ⁠2023. The PTI’s last large-scale protest two years ago ended in deadly clashes with security forces.

Earlier ​this week, Pakistan ‌curbed access to its capital, Islamabad, by blocking major highways with shipping containers and deploying tens of thousands of ‌security forces, ahead of the march ​planned by Khan’s supporters.

Party spokesperson Zulfi Bukhari, however, told ⁠Reuters that although they had moved the planned date to October 4, they could ‌launch the march earlier.