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. Screen recording
Prime Minister’s Coordinator for Information and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Affairs Ikhtiyar Wali Khan said the government has closed all avenues of dialogue with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder, warning that authorities are now “seriously considering” transferring Imran Khan from Adiala jail.
At a news conference in Islamabad, he accused the PTI of pursuing a strategy designed to destabilize the country, saying the party was hiding behind 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 attacking state institutions.
He said the PTI had attacked the same army that, in his words, had elevated Pakistan’s standing globally. “The PTI founder’s tweet is something that neither the PTI can swallow nor spit out,” he said, adding that the party’s rally in Peshawar had failed to attract crowds despite calls to participate across the country.
He also accused the PTI of exploiting religion for political purposes, alleging that the PTI was “using its politics to fuel terrorism”, stating that there was “no difference between the TTP and the PTI” due to what he called repeated attacks on the army and the judiciary. He said that the PTI wanted a judiciary similar to the one formed by the Panama Chamber.
Questioning the party’s governance record, he asked what projects the PTI had initiated while in power, criticizing it for not having established a single major hospital or university in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa for 13 years.
He said even PTI leaders avoided retweeting their founder’s post, arguing that the party had repeatedly harmed the country, citing the events of May 9 and November 26. He said the PTI had been “introduced” 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 government, he said that democratic forces did not favor such actions. “If we had wanted to impose the 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 “corpse politics”, alleging 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 being operated from India and Israel, and that the 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 not branded anyone a traitor or tried to ban any party, saying: “My choice is Pakistan; Pakistan will always live.”
He criticized the PTI’s weekly protest strategy and said residents of Rawalpindi and Adiala Road were being disturbed. “What kind of method is this, where every week you make people’s lives miserable?” asked. “Children trying to get to school or return home face serious difficulties.”
He said it seemed that the PTI was “insisting” on transferring ‘Prisoner No 804’ to another province. “The government has begun to consider this seriously,” he said, “because we will take all necessary measures to protect the public from disruptions to their lives.”
