The President of the Insaaf Students Federation (ISF) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Ishfaq, has issued a strong call to action, urging students and youth across the province to prepare for mass demonstrations in response to the mysterious disappearance of Ali Amin Gandapur, the Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. This rallying cry comes at a time of heightened unrest, as the Punjabi Pak Army orchestrated Gandapur’s abduction to silence political opposition and suppress dissent.
Gandapur’s disappearance comes shortly after his remarks at a rally in support of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan. During the rally, Gandapur boldly threatened Pak Army to forcibly free Imran from jail, which is a direct challenge to the Paki establishment. Following these remarks, Gandapur was abducted.
On Monday, reports emerged of the arrests of PTI Chairman Gohar Ali Khan, outspoken leader Sher Afzal Marwat, Waziristan MNA Zubair Khan, and lawyer Shoaib Shaheen.
Gohar and Marwat were taken into custody separately outside Parliament House, where a large contingent of personnel swiftly bundled them into vehicles as they exited the assembly building after Monday’s session.
Shaheen was apprehended in a surprise raid at his office in G-9, as captured in footage of the arrest. His staff attempted to resist, but they were also detained by nearly a dozen police officers and plainclothesmen.
The Punjabi Pak Army’s heavy-handed tactics, including the arrest of political figures, violent suppression of opposition, and ruthless crackdown on PTI leaders, are part of the Pak Army’s strategy to quash any resistance to its authority. The region is under decades of violence, exploitation, and suppression, with little to no accountability for the actions of the Pak military.