By Mashal Khan 

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday announced that he will lead a massive rally from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province toward the capital Islamabad on Wednesday.

Khan's announcement came after the government's decision to forcefully stop Khan’s long march toward the capital on Wednesday.

On Monday night, Punjab police raided Khan’s party Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf leaders and workers’ house at midnight and arrested dozen people in Lahore and other cities. 

Police also broke the main gate of the house of Justice Retired Nasira Iqbal, daughter-in-law of Allama Muhammad Iqbal, the national poet of the country, and searched her house.

In a video message, Justice Nasira Iqbal said that police violated all laws to enter her house without any warrant.

She served as a judge in the Lahore High Court and her son is a senator of the PTI. 

“I strongly condemned the action of Punjab police to violated all laws and carried out midnight raids against our party leaders and Justice Nasira Iqbal House,” Khan said while addressing a news conference in Peshawar.

“Tomorrow I lead a massive march from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and those who want to stop us from Islamabad, let's check their muscles tomorrow,” Khan warned. 

Earlier, the ruling alliance, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, PPP, and JUI announced that they will not allow the march to enter in the capital of Islamabad. 

“PTI's proposed long march has nothing to do with the democratic norms as these people are hell-bent to create uncertainty and spread anarchy in the country,” Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said.

However, Khan said that peaceful protest is a right of every citizen of Pakistan and no one can stop them from peaceful protest. 

“I appeal to the Pakistani nation to come out tomorrow and join me in Islamabad as this is not politics but a Jihad to get a ride from American slavery,” Khan said.

Analysts believed that the use of force could push the country's current political crisis into a more dangerous stage as most supporters of Khan are young and they could resist.