Overview
- A TTAP delegation led by PTI chair Barrister Gohar formally invited the Pakistan Peoples Party to an all‑parties conference during a meeting at the PPP Central Secretariat on Tuesday.
- PPP Secretary General Nayyar Bukhari said the invitation will be sent to party chair Bilawal Bhutto‑Zardari and TTAP will be told his decision after he consults with party leaders.
- TTAP plans to hold the conference after PTI’s long march, scheduled for Oct. 4 to press for the release of jailed PTI founder Imran Khan, linking the APC’s timing to PTI’s street action.
- Internal PTI concerns — including a call from the party’s K‑P information secretary to postpone the march and K‑P Chief Minister Sohail Afridi’s complaint about weak preparations — have introduced uncertainty about the march and the APC schedule.
- TTAP says it will also invite parties such as JUI, ANP and Jamaat‑i‑Islami while excluding ruling PML‑N and MQM‑P, and PPP’s choice to join could broaden the opposition’s reach and change the balance of political pressure on the government.