ISLAMABAD: Tehreek Tahaffuz-i-Ayeen Pakistan (TTAP) on Saturday announced that its leaders will lead a convoy carrying food and medicines to Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Monday.
Addressing a press conference at the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa House, TTAP spokesperson Akhunzada Hussain Yousafzai claimed that a peaceful sit-in was going on in Rawalakot and alleged that dozens of people had been killed during the unrest.
He said the action committee had also launched a sit-in in Muzaffarabad and urged the authorities to resolve the situation through dialogue rather than force.
Referring to recent remarks by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) chief, Mr Yousafzai said: “If Kashmir is the state’s ‘favourite child’, then the treatment going on there raises serious questions for the people of Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The Action Committee consists of common people, and all of its demands can be discussed through dialogue,” he said.
He announced that TTAP leaders will travel to Kashmir on Monday with relief supplies, including food and medicines. “We will break the siege of Rawalakot and meet the people there. Our convoy should not be stopped,” he said.
He said PML-N and PPP were accusing each other of benefiting from electoral rigging. Mr Yousafzai alleged that the government was preparing the ground for “28th Constitutional Amendment” aimed at creating new administrative units.
“If this government attempts any unconstitutional amendment, the opposition alliance will resist it and prevent such legislation,” he warned.
On foreign policy, he said Pakistan should follow its national interest while having good relations with friendly countries. He claimed that following contact from Yemen’s ambassador, the opposition leader had written to the prime minister, urging Pakistan to play a constructive diplomatic role similar to the one when it facilitated a dialogue between Iran and the United States.
Speaking on the occasion, Khalid Yousaf Chaudhry criticised the judicial process in cases involving PTI founder Imran Khan.
He alleged that the judiciary had failed to ensure due process and claimed that Imran Khan had been denied a fair opportunity to defend himself in the cipher case. He urged the judiciary to decide all pending cases strictly in accordance with the law, saying public confidence in the justice system depended on transparent and impartial proceedings.
Published in Dawn, August 2nd, 2026