Islamabad, September 20, 2026: State Minister for Interior Talal Chaudhry on Sunday warned that those engaging in what he described as “terrorism” during the planned PTI protest in Islamabad would not be allowed to return, while PTI Khyber Pakhtunkhwa President Junaid Akbar said party workers would reach the federal capital through multiple routes.
Speaking ahead of the PTI’s September 27 march, Chaudhry said peaceful citizens could come to Islamabad from any route but warned that those arriving “as terrorists” would face action.
“If you are a peaceful citizen, come to Islamabad from any route, come 100 times,” he said, adding that no person posing a threat to life or property would be allowed to carry out unlawful activities in the capital.
The minister said the government would fully implement the Islamabad High Court’s orders and would not tolerate any illegal action.
“No illegal action will be tolerated,” Chaudhry said, stressing that activities threatening human life and property would not be permitted.
He also criticised the PTI’s performance in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, saying those planning the Islamabad protest had failed to address terrorism in the province and had been unable to provide adequate health and education facilities.
“They say they will turn Islamabad into ruins. We know they have turned KP into ruins,” he said.
“We will not allow this kind of thinking to move forward,” Chaudhry added, claiming that the PTI leadership had itself revealed what he called its “real plan”.
Meanwhile, addressing a workers’ convention in Mardan, Junaid Akbar said PTI workers would march towards Islamabad through multiple routes.
“We will go to Islamabad, and not through just one route,” he said, adding that party workers would use the motorway and GT Road.
“We will also descend from the Margalla Hills and come from Dera Ismail Khan,” Junaid said.
Recalling the PTI’s previous protest, he said party workers had returned with the bodies of their colleagues and claimed the party had not been in a position to mount a protest at the time.
“Last time, we brought our dead bodies with us,” he said.
“This time, it will not happen that we bury our dead and remain silent,” Junaid added.
He also said PTI would turn Islamabad into “ruins”, according to remarks made at the workers’ convention.
