Peshawar, MAY 22: The PTI’s core committee meeting to decide the date for its much-hyped long march is currently underway in Peshawar.

PTI Central Information Secretary Farrukh Habib said party chairman Imran Khan would announce the march’s date during a press conference at 5:30pm today. Imran is presiding over the meeting and many important decisions will be taken in the meeting, added spokesman for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government, Barrister Mohammad Ali Saif.

Addressing a public rally in Multan on Friday, Imran had announced that a date for the Azadi March to Islamabad would be decided today during the core committee meeting. He had also announced the expected dates would be between May 25 to 29.

The PTI leader had said that besides deciding the date for the long march, the core committee would also discuss the preparations required for the march.

“The core committee will also chalk out a plan on how to handle the expected arrests of the PTI leaders and road blockages to stop them from marching on Islamabad,” he had said.

Since his ouster as prime minister on April 10, Imran has held a series of large public rallies across the country, terming his ouster a foreign conspiracy and urging the public to prepare for a march to the capital to pressure the authorities into accepting his demand for immediate elections in the country.