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Friday Shutdown: TTAP and PTI Announce Countrywide Protests Over Imran Khan’s Health and Skyrocketing Inflation
The PTI-anchored opposition alliance, TTAP, has called for countrywide street protests this Friday, May 22. Led by Mahmood Khan Achakzai, the multi-party bloc is mobilizing demonstrations across all district headquarters to protest soaring inflation, a 45% spike in fuel prices, and the government's refusal to transfer an ailing Imran Khan from jail to a hospital.
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by News Desk
2026-05-19
Friday Shutdown: TTAP and PTI Announce Countrywide Protests Over Imran Khan’s Health and Skyrocketing Inflation

Detailed Report

  • The Unified Protest Call: The grand opposition alliance, Tehreek-e-Tahaffuz-e-Ayeen-e-Pakistan (TTAP), alongside Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), has announced a major wave of nationwide street protests scheduled for this Friday. The joint decision was made public during a press conference outside the Parliament House by senior PTI leaders Asad Qaiser and Shahid Khattak, following a high-level alliance summit chaired by Mahmood Khan Achakzai. The demonstrations will target all district headquarters across the country.

  • Core Grievances and Demands: The opposition's protest agenda focuses heavily on economic survival and human rights violations:

    • Imran Khan's Health: Expressing deep anxiety over the health of jailed PTI founder Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, the opposition demanded their immediate transfer from prison to a hospital.

    • Economic Strain: The alliance slammed the government over crushing inflation, a sharp spike in petroleum prices, and persistent 18-hour power load-shedding. Leaders warned that the upcoming federal budget is shaped entirely by the IMF and will prove to be "anti-poor," adding an unbearable tax burden onto the working and salaried classes.

    • Release of Prisoners: The leaders demanded an immediate end to the victimization of political workers and the release of all political detainees, specifically naming Sunni Ittehad Council Chairman Sahibzada Hamid Raza, Dr. Mahrang Baloch, and Ali Wazir.

  • Parliamentary Resistance and Policy Critique: Former National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser issued a stern warning to the ruling coalition, stating that if the high-handed attitude toward the opposition continues, they will not allow the parliament to function and will stage severe protests during legislative sessions. The alliance also heavily criticized the government’s foreign and domestic policies, asserting that flawed diplomatic handling of Afghanistan has directly accelerated regional terrorism and paralyzed businesses in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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