Imran Khan, the chairman of the PTI, is speaking to a press conference following a party meeting to determine the next course of action following a resounding victory in Sunday’s by-elections.
Prior to this, PTI leader Faisal Javed stated that chairman Khan would shortly announce the Long March’s line of action following consultation with the PTI leadership.
After the meeting, the party would decide on the final Long March call, according to Javed.
The majority of seats were won by former prime minister Imran Khan in by-elections held on Sunday, giving him more impetus in his campaign to pressure the six-month-old Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) administration into calling an early general election.
The Pakistan Peoples Party, a member of the ruling coalition, claimed the remaining two seats. The PTI chairman ran for seven of the eight seats and won six of them.
Khan will have to resign from all but one of the seats he won, and polls will need to follow, but the success shows that voters liked his political message.
The former cricket player turned politician, who was expelled from office in April following a vote of no-confidence, has been speaking at large public gatherings around Pakistan and calling for early elections.
The primary purpose of the PTI’s important meeting, presided over by Imran Khan, was to choose when to expand their tactical options for applying increasing pressure to the government in the form of a final ultimatum for early elections.
A date for the long march was also discussed at the meeting, and the report on the preliminary results of the by-elections was also reviewed.