The ongoing confrontation regarding the long march between the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government and the PML-N-led federal government is significantly spoiling Pakistan’s internal stability across political, security, and economic fronts. With KP Chief Minister Sohail Afridi in the lead, the long march originally scheduled for September 27 was rescheduled to 4 October.

As per PTI sources and media statements, the protest march aims to pressure the federal government for the release of incarcerated PTI founder Imran Khan and the “restoration” of constitutional supremacy. This federal-provincial rift has become a permanent source, denting internal stability in many ways. The tension directly undermines the joint fight against terrorism.

Prioritising constitutional dialogue over partisan warfare is the only sustainable way to defuse polarisation, secure the economy, and strengthen democratic governance.

Prioritising constitutional dialogue over partisan warfare is the only sustainable way to defuse polarisation, secure the economy, and strengthen democratic governance.

The federal government has issued a “white........

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