Imran Khan PTI political crisis and Islamabad march 2026

Imran Khan is a jailed former Prime Minister of Pakistan and leader of the PTI party.

PTI leader Sheikh Waqas Akram rejected the claim that PTI agreed to emergency rule in 12 districts and said the party had refused.

PTI leader Sheikh Waqas Akram said the provincial government paid 1.83 billion rupees from its own funds to families of more than 900 soldiers, police and paramilitary personnel killed fighting armed groups.

Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar stated the fundamental grounds for the emergency are law and order, the fight against terrorism, and protecting innocent people from terrorist activities.

President Asif Ali Zardari signed a proclamation imposing a state of emergency and declaring governor's rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday.

Gohar Ali Khan said PTI would challenge the measures in courts and assemblies.

The government said it would not allow the march to enter the capital and has been preparing for weeks to prevent the arrival of PTI demonstrators in Islamabad.

A statement issued by Sharif's office said cabinet members reviewed the situation and took note of the "provincial government's deliberate disengagement from the fight against terrorism".

The state of emergency was invoked on Sunday under two articles of the constitution dealing with security.

The provincial government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is led by Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party.

Imran Khan's party is preparing to march on Islamabad to demand Khan's release.

Pakistan suspended the provincial government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The arrest order said Khanum had been mobilising people to create law and order situations and raising objectionable slogans against the government.

Imran Khan was first imprisoned in August 2023.

Doctors later deemed Khan medically fit after his August hospital visit.

Imran Khan is 73 years old.

An Islamabad High Court order from September 14 ruled that no political party or its leadership has the lawful right to occupy public roads, highways, interchanges, toll plazas and buildings in Islamabad.

Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi confirmed the talks between the two sides had failed.

Muhammad Owais Chaudhry, who heads the All Pakistan Goods Transport Owners Association, said no transporter has ever received money for any past protests.

One estimate puts the daily rental for more than 1,500 containers at 46.5 million rupees ($167,000).

Islamabad police initially sought roughly 820 million rupees ($2.9m) for a week of security arrangements around PTI’s planned march.

Organisers of the pro-Imran Khan protests have postponed their rallies.

The protests are calling for the release of former Prime Minister Imran Khan from prison.

Shipping containers have been placed in Islamabad's streets to stop protests.

Uzma Khan and Noreen Niazi were taken in a predawn raid on their homes the day after Aleema Khan's detention.

Jamaat-e-Islami postponed its march after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif telephoned its leader Hafiz Naeemur Rehman.

Imran Khan has been in prison since August 2023.

Nearly 30,000 security personnel have been deployed in the Attock district.

Dawn reported that the road closures were indefinite and aimed at preventing PTI supporters from marching to Islamabad on September 27.

Imran Khan has been jailed since August 2023.

Imran Khan's family and PTI officials say three of his sisters have been detained in Lahore ahead of a September 27 march on Islamabad.

Authorities have confirmed that Aleema Khan was ordered to be held for 30 days.

The order for Aleema Khanum's arrest came from Lahore's deputy commissioner.