Overview
- Chief Minister Sohail Afridi said Imran Khan has authorized Mahmood Khan Achakzai and Senator Allama Nasir Abbas to handle negotiations and broader political strategy.
- Practical preparations for a provincewide street campaign are under way in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa under Khan’s directives, with party workers being mobilized.
- Officials frame the drive as disciplined and constitutional, tasking the Insaf Students Federation to organize peaceful actions across campuses and local tiers.
- The push follows a court decision this month sentencing Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, to 17 years each in the Toshakhana-2 case, with Khan already jailed since August 2023.
- Afridi also voiced concern over reports of coerced agreements in Tirah Valley and said no official had briefed him on any operation there, while PTI’s Asad Qaiser called for a Feb. 8 “Black Day.”