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TTAP APC Sets Feb. 8 ‘Black Day’ Strike, Demands Fresh Polls Under New Election Body

The joint declaration centers on a neutral election authority with an Article 6 probe into alleged 2024 rigging.

Overview

  • The Karachi meeting was held at the Press Club after organisers reported repeated refusals of venues and NOCs by the district administration.
  • Organisers announced a nationwide wheel-jam and shutter-down on Feb. 8 with black flags on businesses and peaceful protest rallies.
  • The manifesto calls for an impartial chief election commissioner, a reconstituted ECP to conduct new polls, repeal of PECA, restoration of judicial independence, and rejection of raising the voting age to 25.
  • TTAP demanded the release of political prisoners, naming Imran Khan, Bushra Bibi and Shah Mahmood Qureshi, and urged an end to restrictions on access to detainees.
  • Mahmood Khan Achakzai proposed a four-month national government of five parties to supervise transparent elections, as QAT formally joined the movement and leaders reported convoy and rally disruptions during the Sindh tour.