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Pakistan Minister Naqvi Warns PTI Against Sept 27 March, Hints at 'Permanent Solution'
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Firstpost•21-09-2026, 16:09
Pakistan Minister Naqvi Warns PTI Against Sept 27 March, Hints at 'Permanent Solution'
- •Political tensions rise in Pakistan as Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi warns PTI against its planned September 27 protest, hinting at a 'permanent solution' to ongoing demonstrations.
- •Authorities arrested three sisters of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan—Aleema Khan, Dr. Uzma Khan, and Noreen Khan—ahead of the nationwide protest, sending them to Kot Lakhpat Jail.
- •The arrests, made under Punjab’s Maintenance of Public Order law for 30 days, intensify the confrontation between the government and PTI, which demands Khan's release and political reforms.
- •Naqvi cited an Islamabad High Court order prohibiting political parties from occupying public roads and warned the government would not leave any 'loopholes' in its response to the protest.
- •The government emphasizes that it will not allow the protest to disrupt normal life or block roads, with warnings of significant economic losses and potential legal action against the PTI government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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Pakistani authorities detained Aleema Khan, Dr Uzma Khan, and Noreen Khan in Lahore under Punjab's Maintenance of Public Order law ahead of the PTI's planned nationwide protest on September 27.
Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi urged the PTI to reconsider the September 27 march, warning that the government would find a permanent solution and leave no loopholes if the protest proceeded.
The government cited an Islamabad High Court order issued on September 14, which states that political parties do not have the lawful right to occupy public roads, highways, interchanges, toll plazas, or government buildings.
