PTI leaders claim they were not consulted ahead of planned long march to Islamabad on September 27.

A long march towards Islamabad on September 27 was announced by Khyber‑Pakhtunkhwa chief minister Sohail Afridi in a rally in Peshawar on August 5. Central PTI leaders say they were not consulted before the announcement. Sheikh Waqas Akram, PTI’s central information secretary, stated that the party was unaware of the plans and that decisions were made by the chief minister alone. Shafi Jan, the K‑P Information Minister, said the march was decided in consultation with PTI and allied parties and would not be limited to a single day. Local PTI chapters in Khyber‑Pakhtunkhwa opposed the march, using the hashtag "27 September Long March Na Manzoor" on social media.