PM’s coordinator for KP says clear line now drawn between ‘love for Pakistan’ and ‘love for Imran’
Prime Minister’s Coordinator for Information and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Affairs Ikhtiyar Wali Khan addresses a press conference in Islamabad on Wednesday, December 10, 2025. SCREENGRAB
Prime Minister’s Coordinator for Information and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Affairs Ikhtiyar Wali Khan said the government has closed all avenues for dialogue with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder and warned that authorities are now “seriously considering” moving Imran Khan from Adiala jail.
At a press conference in Islamabad, he accused the PTI of following a strategy designed to destabilize the country, saying the party was hiding behind protests to create unrest. He said a “clear line” had now been drawn between “love for Pakistan” and “love for Imran” as he criticized the former ruling party for attacking state institutions.
He said PTI had attacked the same army which, in his words, had raised Pakistan’s status globally. “PTI founder’s tweet is something that neither PTI can swallow nor spit out,” he observed, adding that the party’s Peshawar rally had failed to attract people despite nationwide calls for participation.
He also accused the PTI of exploiting religion for political purposes, claiming that the PTI “used its politics to fuel terrorism”, and asserted that there was “no difference between TTP and PTI” due to what he called repeated attacks on the army and judiciary. He said the PTI wanted a judiciary similar to the one that formed the Panama bench.
He questioned the party’s governance and asked what projects the PTI had undertaken while in power and criticized it for not establishing a single major hospital or university in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa in 13 years.
He said even PTI leaders avoided retweeting their founder’s posts, arguing that the party had harmed the country repeatedly, citing the May 9 and November 26 events. He said PTI had been “imposed” in 2013 and “imposed” on the country in 2018.
Khan claimed that no one in KP was willing to compete for the “bat” symbol. Responding to questions about the governor’s rule, he said democratic forces were not in favor of such actions. “If we had wanted to impose governor’s rule, we would have done so after the November 26 incident,” he said.
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He accused the PTI of practicing “politics of dead bodies” and alleged that the party sought unrest and violence while the government refrained from such tactics. Pointing to 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” about 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 not labeled anyone a traitor or tried to ban any party, saying: “My choice is Pakistan; Pakistan will always live on.”
He criticized PTI’s weekly protest strategy and said residents of Rawalpindi and Adiala Road were being inconvenienced. “What kind of method is this to make life miserable every week for the people?” he asked. “Children trying to get to school or return home face serious difficulties.”
He said it appeared PTI was “insisting” on having ‘prisoner no 804’ moved to another province. “The government has begun to seriously consider this,” he said, “because we will take all necessary steps to protect the public from disruption to their lives.”
