Overview
- Negotiations between the federal government and opposition ended without agreement, with a core deadlock over a meeting with PTI’s founder and access to detained leaders.
- PTI began a staged long march from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday on a published multi-day route that includes Tank, Dera Ismail Khan, North and South Waziristan, Bannu, Kohat and Peshawar.
- The federal government has declared the march will not be allowed to enter Islamabad and warned law enforcement will stop any disorder.
- A senior government coordinator alleged links between PTI and the proscribed TTP, an official claim presented as an allegation that the state cites in its security case.
- Separately, the Securities and Exchange Commission approved a formal reference of the long‑running Baghsra securities case to the FIA, reviving potential criminal action over unauthorized share transfers and unpaid investor claims and increasing legal pressure on market actors.