BIG TENSION for Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif as PTI, TTAP stage nationwide protests against 27th Amendment and…, why is Imran Khan’s sister in news?

Islamabad: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and the Tehreek Tahafuz Ayeen-i-Pakistan (TTAP) held coordinated demonstrations across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and Karachi to oppose the 27th Constitutional Amendment and the alleged mistreatment of PTI founder Imran Khan’s sisters outside Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail, Dawn reported. PTI’s provincial president Junaid Akbar organised several rallies in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa against TTAP which announced its plan to march. In district-level protests, PTI workers were seen chanting slogans with Imran Khan portraits.

Several party workers gathered outside Peshawar Press Club to join the demonstration led by Local Government Minister Meena Khan Afridi, MNA Sher Ali Arbab and PTI’s district president Irfan Saleem, Dawn stated.

While addressing the protesters, Afridi stated that Imran Khan had given the party two options. “The first opt

ion is to hold negotiations with the powers that be to sort out all outstanding issues,” adding that if talks fail, “the second option would be peaceful protest across the country.”

He also criticised immunity granted under the 27th Amendment, stating that “Immunity is un-Islamic, unethical and in violation of traditions.” He further stated that the amendment has undone the 1973 constitution, urning the Insaf Lawyers Forum to challenge the amendment.

Saleem added that his party’s campaign for “the supremacy of the Constitution, the rule of law and human rights” will continue until the government fulfil their demands.

As reported by Dawn, protests were also staged in multiple KP districts. In Swabi, PTI workers accused the federal government of serving “the establishment” since taking power through what they termed a fraudulent election.

On the Swabi-Jahangira road, MNA Shahram Tarakai said that terrorists “have never been tried in the courts of Islamabad, but PTI leaders have been tried there to stop them from serving the people.”

In Mohmand’s Mian Mandi Bazar, a large gathering led by MNA Sajid Khan and MPA Muhammad Israr rallied against what they called a “direct assault on Pakistan’s constitution, judicial subjugation and extension scheme.”

Protesters waved black flags and shouted “Withdraw the 27th Amendment” and “Long Live the Constitution.” MNA Khan claimed the amendment was designed “to block the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf from the elections.”

Israr told participants that the treatment of Imran Khan’s sisters was “beyond tolerance,” asserting that “the establishment wants to completely dismantle the PTI.” He said the rulers were using “Form 47” to undermine judicial independence.

In Battagram, protesters gathered on the Karakoram Highway, holding placards to criticise the federal government. District president Niaz Muhammad Khan Trand said Pakistan was founded on Islamic principles and argued that accountability applied to all.

He accused the PML-N government of trying to place itself “above the law through the 27th Amendment,” adding it was intended “to conceal the government’s mismanagement, corruption and administrative failures.”

He further alleged attempts to sideline PTI and its leadership, insisting the party remained the most popular political force in the country.

According to Dawn in Bajaur’s Sewai area of War Mamund tehsil, a protest held by PTI supporters, who chanted slogans against PML-N-led federal coalition, called the amendment an attempt to further undermine the judicial system.

With ANI inputs