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title: "IHC hears petition over Peshawar Motorway closure amid PTI protest"
description: "Most outlets reported the Islamabad High Court hearing a petition against the closure of the Peshawar Motorway, noting the context of PTI's protest. Pakistan Today highlighted the judge's observation that Islamabad should not be blocked from either direction, while ARY News focused on the hearing itself and the petition's challenge to the motorway closure."
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# IHC hears petition over Peshawar Motorway closure amid PTI protest

pakistan · updated 28 Sep 2026, 9:33 PM PKT · 28 Sep 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets reported the Islamabad High Court hearing a petition against the closure of the Peshawar Motorway, noting the context of PTI's protest. Pakistan Today highlighted the judge's observation that Islamabad should not be blocked from either direction, while ARY News focused on the hearing itself and the petition's challenge to the motorway closure.

## Same story from 2 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **Pakistan Today** — [IHC questions Peshawar Motorway closure ahead of PTI protest](https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2026/09/28/ihc-questions-peshawar-motorway-closure-ahead-of-pti-protest) · 28 Sep 2026, 9:33 PM PKT
  > During the hearing, Justice Asif observed that Islamabad could not be blocked from either inside or outside.
- **ARY News (English)** — [IHC hearing against blocking Islamabad-Peshawar motorway](https://arynews.tv/ihc-hearing-blocking-islamabad-peshawar-motorway) · 28 Sep 2026, 12:05 PM PKT · 81% identical wording to the newest filing
  > ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) bench on Monday heard a petition against blocking Peshawar Motorway owing to the PTI's protest...

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- [IHC seeks government response on Peshawar motorway closure ahead of PTI protest](https://harzaviya.com/stories/11184-ihc-seeks-replies-over-closure-of-peshawar-motorway) · 29 Sep 2026 · 5 outlets · 85% related
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2 articles from 2 outlets, 28 Sep 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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