Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has revealed that the PTI-backed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government backed out of security and counterterrorism commitments during the final phase of negotiations with the federal government.
In a post on X on Sunday, Naqvi said the KP government had agreed to sign a written agreement and submit an implementation plan within 72 hours.
According to Naqvi, the proposed agreement included reconsideration of the Police Act 2026 in view of the security situation and measures to keep security matters away from political interference.
He said the KP government had also agreed to prevent terrorists from operating freely or establishing safe havens in the province.
The commitments, according to the interior minister, included an unequivocal condemnation of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Tehreek-e-Taliban Afghanistan (TTA) and other militant groups.
The proposed understanding also covered support for the federal government’s policy on Afghan refugees, including repatriation and dismantling Afghan camps in KP.
Naqvi further said that the KP government had agreed to maintain no contact with the interim Afghan government and provide substantial funding for counterterrorism operations and the police.
The agreement also envisaged greater provincial ownership of counterterrorism measures, stronger cooperation with the armed forces and decisions concerning counterterrorism operations in former FATA and the merged districts.
Implementation of the National Action Plan was another point included in the proposed commitments.
However, Naqvi said the KP government backed out of these commitments during the final phase of negotiations.
“Security must not be politicised while the province is at war,” Naqvi said in his post.
On the other hand, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi has announced that a long march towards Islamabad will begin today, with the route and schedule for the first phase also unveiled.
According to ARY News, the first phase of the long march will begin from Ghundi Chowk in Lakki Marwat.
Afridi said people from different districts would join the march at 1pm today. The caravan will travel through Karak, Kohat, Peshawar and Charsadda as it moves towards Islamabad.
He said participants from Karak would join the caravan at midnight on October 5, while the march would leave Karak at 12:30am. The participants would stay overnight near Kohat.
According to the chief minister, people from Kohat, Hangu, Kurram and Orakzai would join the march at noon on October 6. The caravan would then leave Kohat for Peshawar, with participants scheduled to stay overnight near Matni.
Afridi said the march would depart from Budhber in Peshawar at 12:30pm on October 7.
All caravans participating in the long march would gather at Khairabad on October 8, he added.
The chief minister said the plan for the next phase of the long march would be announced at Khairabad.
