A high-level delegation of Tehreek Tahaffuz-e-Ayeen Pakistan (TTAP), led by National Assembly Opposition Leader Mahmood Khan Achakzai, was stopped by police from travelling to Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Monday after announcing plans to join an ongoing sit-in in Rawalakot, the alliance’s spokesperson said. Earlier in the day, TTAP announced that its delegation would travel to Rawalakot to express solidarity with the proscribed Joint Awami Action Committee’s (JAAC) sit-in and support what it described as public demands in line with the principles of democratic freedoms, constitutional supremacy, and public rights. The delegation included Senate opposition leader Allama Raja Nasir Abbas, former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Senator Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar, TTAP spokesperson Hussain Ahmad Yousafzai, and Khalid Yousaf Chaudhry, counsel for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder Imran Khan. According to the spokesperson, the delegation intended to meet the JAAC’s leadership and address participants at the sit-in, reaffirming its commitment to the Constitution, democracy, and the protection of public rights. However, in a subsequent statement, TTAP said police stopped the delegation at Kahuta before it could enter AJK. The party’s spokesperson said members of the delegation asked police under what legal authority they were being prevented from proceeding. According to the spokesperson, police officers replied that they had been instructed by their “senior officers” not to allow the delegation to continue. TTAP said peaceful political activity and the right to express solidarity could not be restricted through the use of force. It further alleged that preventing the delegation from proceeding without a legal order or written directive amounted to a violation of fundamental rights. The delegation maintained that it had been travelling peacefully to express solidarity with the people of AJK and said stopping it from proceeding was tantamount to restricting political freedoms, according to the spokesperson.
TTAP says police stopped delegation from travelling to AJK to join sit-in
Published on: June 30, 2026 2:04 AM