“The administration delayed our rally by placing containers on the roads. We could have been stuck with a 100,000 people in Waziristan after sunset. I could not be so irresponsible to risk their lives as the army told us that there was a genuine risk to our convoy,” Imran told The News later after his speech at the Jahaz Ground, Tank. After every furlong or so, containers and other hurdles were placed to impede the march.