Pakistan blocks the passports of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s chief minister and 24 lawmakers affiliated with Imran Khan’s PTI ahead of planned political activity. Both outlets report that the move involves a court order directing authorities to prevent the group from leaving the country.
The actions occur as PTI plans a nationwide protest on September 27. The Hindu describes the decision as coming from a court order, while India Today frames it as passports being blocked ahead of a protest. Both accounts link the passport restriction to the heightened political activity surrounding PTI’s announced demonstrations, with the affected officials including the chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and other PTI leaders.
While the outlets differ slightly in emphasis—one focusing on the court order mechanism and the other on the blocking of passports immediately before the protest—both agree on the central details: who is affected, that passports are being blocked, and that the timing is tied to the PTI protest schedule.
