By Sudhir Ahmad Afridi
KHYBER: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) staged a protest demonstration at Bacha Khan Chowk in Landi Kotal Bazaar, demanding the immediate release of PTI Chairman Imran Khan and other political detainees. The protest saw significant participation from PTI workers, local leadership, members of the Insaf Students Federation (ISF), and representatives from the Insaf Youth Wing.
The rally featured several speakers, including Abdul Razzaq Shinwari, Molana Shoaib Qadri (focal person to Provincial Minister Muhammad Adnan Qadri), Chairman Abu Darda Shinwari, Fakhruddin Shinwari, Mehrab Shah Afridi, and ISF’s Basit Ali and Nizamuddin, along with Youth Wing leaders Sajjad Khan, Jafar Ali, and Shermat Khan Afridi. They strongly condemned the “unjust imprisonment” of Imran Khan, calling it a theft of the public mandate.
Abdul Razzaq Shinwari and other speakers declared Imran Khan as the true representative of the people, and emphasized that his detention, without conviction, was politically motivated. They accused the establishment of orchestrating schemes, through their “pawns,” to punish Imran Khan for crimes he did not commit and to coerce him into a deal. “Imran Khan is not like other so-called leaders who compromise or collapse under pressure—his morale and spirit remain unshaken,” they stated.
