Overview
- PTI senior leaders said they will press ahead with the long march but remain ready to negotiate and agreed the procession would stop at Swabi if formal talks begin.
- Governor Faisal Karim Kundi publicly welcomed a presidential proclamation seen as authorising emergency or governor rule and urged citizens to stand with security forces.
- PTI and the KP assembly speaker say 11 national and provincial lawmakers have been detained or abducted, a claim reported by party sources and not independently verified in the coverage.
- Mobile phone service in Peshawar, suspended during the protests, was restored after three days, illustrating authorities' use of communications restrictions during the unrest.
- The provincial Apex Committee decided to continue intelligence-led counterterrorism operations and to equip police and the CTD with modern gear, a step that could increase security activity and affect daily life in the province.