Pakistan Tehreek-E-Insaf (PTI) Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa President Junaid Akbar has declared that the party’s next long march will not involve any negotiations with state institutions.

“Unlike previous protests, PTI management will not attend lectures if demonstrations take place,” he said.

When he spoke at an event in Malakand, Akbar warned that if he’s arrested, the most important routes including Silk Road, Pak-Afghan Highway, Motorway and GT Road will be completely blocked.

He added that he had advised PTI founder Imran Khan to appoint a provincial president who has good ties with Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur.

Akbar promised to eliminate the culture of purchasing party positions and influence through money.

He claimed he did not receive direct instructions from IMRAN Khan about PTI’s organizational structure, but would continue to work with existing setups.

The PTI leader also criticized individuals who ‘invest heavily in political collections’ claim that they later ‘exploit the system’ for financial gains.

He warned that those responsible for suppressing PTI workers after the protests on May 9 would have consequences if his party returns to power.

Akbar specifically targeted Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who promised retaliation.

“If Shehbaz Sharif’s children do not suffer from our government, I will leave PTI,” he said, confirming a hard line to the party’s future confrontations.

Negotiations between the government and PTI ended Friday after the latter rejected Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s offer to resume conversations.

PTI went away from the discussions and demanded the formation of legal commissions to investigate May 9, 2023 and November 26, 2024 incidents, before continuing negotiations.

During a federal cabinet meeting, the Prime Minister had previously stated that the government was open to forming a parliamentary committee to resume talks with PTI, as opposed to PTI’s demand for separate judicial commissions to investigate May 9, 2023 and November 26, 2024, events.

He emphasized the need for dialogue to move forward and called for it to be crucial to the country’s progress and to prevent further damage from violent protests.

The Prime Minister also referred to former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s own decision to establish a parliamentary committee to investigate the 2018 parliamentary elections rather than establishing a legal commission. He added that he was also ready to pose a house committee to take lectures, even after PTI “fled” from conversations before getting a formal response from the government side.