PESHAWAR, August 23, 2026: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi has made it clear that the long march will be held on September 27 and there will be no change in the date, ARY News reported.

Speaking in Buner, the chief minister said that despite the Supreme Court’s decision, PTI founder Imran Khan was not treated at Shifa International Hospital.

Sohail Afridi said he would personally lead the long march and would take millions of people to Islamabad.

He directed party workers to start preparations, saying they would return successful on September 27.

Earlier, addressing participants of the Street Movement at Abu Bakr Siddiq Chowk in Hangu, the KP chief minister said the government had thrown the court’s decision regarding Imran Khan into the dustbin.

He said some people had once again proved that they considered themselves above the Constitution and law.

Sohail Afridi said that whenever an institution issued an order against them, it was implemented within an hour, but court orders regarding Imran Khan were not implemented by those who considered themselves above the law.

He said if powerful people could not be punished, then weaker prisoners should also be released.

“It cannot happen that there is one law for the weak and another for the powerful in the same country,” he said.

The KP chief minister said the purpose of Imran Khan’s struggle was to ensure one law for both the weak and the powerful.

He said people need to think about where the country is being taken, adding that farmers and industrialists are facing difficulties.

KARACHI: The Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (PVARA) has set Sept 5 as the deadline for existing virtual asset service providers (VASPs) to submit applications for no-objection certificates (NOCs), warning that those failing to do so would have to cease operations.

“Existing virtual asset service providers must submit their NOC applications by Sept 5, 2026 or cease operations,” PVARA said in a press release.

Virtual assets or virtual currencies are not popular at the mass level in Pakistan, but financial sector watchers said several billion dollars had been invested by Pakistanis in the business.

The government is quick to take several measures to regulate virtual assets, while the State Bank also took a number of measures in this regard.

The PVARA said Pakistan’s virtual asset licensing regime was now live. “In under six months, Pakistan has moved from primary legislation to notified regulations and an open licensing process,” it added.

The crypto assets sector has primarily been spearheaded and managed under the Ministry of Finance. The ministry helped launch the Pakistan Crypto Council (PCC) and established the autonomous PVARA to oversee licensing, compliance and digital asset policies.

Pakistan is opening the front door to the global digital asset economy, with clear rules, regulatory oversight and accountability.

The State Bank officially replaced its earlier restrictions on virtual currencies by issuing instructions allowing regulated banks to open accounts for PVARA-licensed VASPs and their customers.

The newly established PVARA oversees statutory licensing, supervision and legal compliance for digital asset entities.

The State Bank has instructed banks to maintain separate, non-remunerative rupee client accounts for licensed providers to ensure funds are not commingled.

Financial institutions are required to also enforce rigorous anti-money laundering (AML), know-your-customer (KYC) and risk-profiling standards.

Bankers said investment in crypto assets was highly risky as well as highly profitable because cryptocurrency prices fluctuated to a great magnitude. They said this was the reason all major central banks around the world remained reluctant to regulate virtual assets.

The State Bank has directed commercial banks to remain strictly prohibited from trading, investing in or holding virtual assets using their own capital or customer deposits.

Bank involvement is restricted to providing banking rails and transaction monitoring for authorised operators.

Take-Two Interactive has filed two DMCA subpoenas seeking information that could identify the person or people behind the “CyberLeek” persona, which has been linked to recent Grand Theft Auto 6 gameplay leaks.

The subpoenas, filed in the Southern District of New York on August 20, target Microsoft and Discord and request extensive account and device information. Take-Two is seeking details including names, IP addresses, phone numbers, device identifiers, linked Google and Xbox accounts, and OneDrive data.

The requests cover accounts that communicated in three named Discord servers between June 1, 2026, and the present. Take-Two has also set a September 4 deadline for the requested information.

One of the subpoenas specifically requests Microsoft’s MachineGuid identifier, a Windows-generated value that can remain stable across hardware changes unless the operating system drive is replaced. The filing also seeks certain device telemetry associated with specified tools or file artifacts, although the exhibit does not appear to include a list identifying those artifacts.

The Discord subpoena names the Ødyssey.gg, “! Odyssey,” and DarkViperAU servers. The filing describes Ødyssey.gg as a cheat community and refers to it as the alleged operator’s “home.”

Take-Two’s filings also include a copyright takedown notice sent to GitHub on August 19 concerning the repository zyrexdz/cyberleek-leak-research. The notice reportedly demanded that the repository be completely disabled, describing the material as a clear case of infringement.

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The filings have also drawn attention to the DarkViperAU Discord server. Australian content creator Matthew “DarkViperAU” Judge, whose server is described in the documents as an editors’ server, denied knowing anything about the alleged leaks, writing on X: “I don’t know anything.”

Discord ID timestamps cited in the filings indicate that the CyberLeek account was created in January 2019, while the DarkViperAU server dates back to January 2017. The Ødyssey.gg server, meanwhile, appears to have been created on June 19, 2026—18 days after Take-Two’s June 1 records window began.

The developments come as additional GTA 6 footage continues to surface. A sixth gameplay video reportedly appeared on August 21, just days before Netflix is scheduled to premiere Grand Theft Auto 6: An Extended Look.

Take-Two’s latest legal action suggests the company is escalating its efforts to determine who is behind the CyberLeek leaks and how the unreleased game footage was obtained and distributed.