PM’s KP coordinator says a clear line has now been drawn between ‘love for Pakistan’ and ‘love for Imran’
Prime Minister’s Coordinator on Information and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Affairs Ikhtiyar Wali Khan addresses a press conference in Islamabad on Wednesday, December 10, 2025.
Prime Minister’s Coordinator on Information and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Affairs Ikhtiyar Wali Khan said the government had closed all avenues of dialogue with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder, warning that authorities were now “seriously” considering moving Imran Khan from Adiala jail.
Speaking at a press conference in Islamabad, he accused the PTI of pursuing a strategy to destabilize the country, saying the party was hiding behind the protests to fuel unrest. He said a “clear line” had now been drawn between “love for Pakistan” and “love for Imran”, while criticizing the former ruling party for targeting state institutions.
He said the PTI had attacked the same army which, in his words, had elevated Pakistan’s standing in the world. “The PTI founder’s tweet is something that neither the PTI can swallow nor spit out,” he remarked, adding that the party’s rally in Peshawar failed to attract crowds despite nationwide calls for participation.
He also accused the PTI of exploiting religion for political purposes, alleging that the PTI was “using its politics to fuel terrorism”, saying there was “no difference between the TTP and the PTI” due to what he called repeated attacks on the military and the judiciary. He said the PTI wanted a judicial system similar to the one that formed Panama’s judiciary.
Questioning the party’s governance record, he asked what projects the PTI had launched when it was in power, blaming it for failing to establish a single major hospital or university in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa in 13 years.
He said even PTI leaders avoided retweeting their founder’s message, arguing that the party had caused damage to the country on several occasions, citing the events of May 9 and November 26. He said the PTI was “introduced” in 2013 and “imposed” on the country in 2018.
Khan claimed that no one in KP was willing to challenge the ‘bat’ symbol. Responding to questions about the governor’s regime, he said democratic forces were not in favor of such actions. “If we wanted to impose the governor’s power, we would have done it after the November 26 incident,” he said.
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He accused the PTI of practicing “corpse politics”, alleging that the party sought agitation and violence while the government refrained from such tactics. Highlighting alleged foreign links, he claimed that PTI’s social media accounts were run from India and Israel, and that Indian media was promoting the “false narrative” of the PTI founder’s sisters.
Reiterating that all channels of negotiation with the PTI founder were now closed, he said a line had been clearly drawn between loyalty to the state and loyalty to an individual. He added that the government had neither called anyone a traitor nor sought to ban any party, saying: “My choice is Pakistan; Pakistan will always live.”
He criticized PTI’s weekly protest strategy, saying residents of Rawalpindi and Adiala Road were being inconvenienced. “What kind of method is this, by which you make people’s lives miserable every week? he asked. “Children trying to go to school or return home face serious difficulties. »
He said it appeared the PTI was “insisting” that “Prisoner No. 804” be transferred to another province. “The government has started to think seriously about this,” he said, “because we will take all necessary measures to protect the public from disruption to their lives. »
