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Leaders of Tehreek-e-Tahaffuz-e-Ain Pakistan are seen at a meeting chaired by coalition chief Mahmood Khan Achakzai on Wednesday, December 24, 2025.
LAHORE:
Tehreek Tahaffuz-e-Aain-e-Pakistan (TTAP) will head to Sindh over the weekend, apparently following in the footsteps of KP Chief Minister Sohail Afridi, who also concluded a brief trip to Karachi this week.
According to TTAP, its leaders will arrive in Karachi by air on January 16 for a three-day visit. During the trip, they will attend events in Karachi planned by PTI Sindh leader Haleem Adil Sheikh, which are expected to include a multi-party conference.
They will also visit Hyderabad, where they are scheduled to attend an event marking the death anniversary of GM Syed on January 17.
A TTAP spokesperson said visiting leaders will include Mahmood Khan Achakzai, Allama Raja Nasir and Asad Qaiser. Additionally, BAP chief Akhtar Mengal, who is currently in Karachi, is expected to join the TTAP leadership at some of the events. Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar is also expected to participate in the Sindh engagements.
TTAP leaders Achakzai and Allama Raja Nasir, who were later joined by Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar, recently concluded a four-day visit to Lahore on Sunday.
The trip came exactly a week after the KP chief minister’s apparently successful tour of Punjab, during which he not only mobilized PTI workers but also generated considerable political stir. In contrast, TTAP’s visit failed to generate a significant stir.
Highlights of the TTAP visit included trips to Minar-e-Pakistan, Zaman Park and Lahore High Court. Although some of Achakzai’s comments made headlines, several PTI leaders said his activities were “nothing to write home about.”
TTAP, however, defended its campaign, calling it “a breath of fresh air” for the PTI.
TTAP spokesperson Akhundzada Hussain said no significant political activity had taken place in Punjab since 2023. He added that TTAP reached out to all segments of the PTI—from the students and lawyers wing to the women’s wing—as part of efforts to mobilize its supporters for the February 8 protest.
When asked about criticism that Achakzai should focus on creating political space and reaching out to all parties, Hussain said Achakzai was in touch with Nawaz Sharif on this matter but declined to share more details.
He added that internal divisions in the PTI were costing the party dearly and that they had to coordinate with three different factions of the PTI during their visit to Punjab.
He rejected the impression that the TTAP was opposed to the resistance and said that, in fact, some within the PTI believed that “playing too softly” would not give them any political space. He said TTAP understood it would have to take a harder line.
Regarding the proposal of an all-party conference in Karachi, he said the PTI Karachi chapter was working on the idea.
According to TTAP sources, Achakzai and Nawaz Sharif are in touch in an effort to lower the political temperature. They added that TTAP was aware that Nawaz himself does not “have the final say” and therefore the alliance was not placing unrealistic expectations on him.
