While workers and supporters of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) awaited Imran Khan’s arrival at D-Chowk for a planned sit-in on Thursday morning, the party chairman cut short his long march at Jinnah Avenue after addressing the people who had accompanied him from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The action sparked speculation of a behind-the-scenes ‘intervention,’ which may have forced Mr Khan to abandon his plan to reach the sit-in location he had stated just hours before while advancing towards Islamabad on a container.
