Pakistan Decides To Ban Imran Khan's PTI Citing Anti-State Activities, Opposition Slams General Asim Munir

The Pakistan government has decided to ban the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, led by imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan.

The government has alleged that the party has been involved in activities deemed detrimental to the state.

Information Minister Attaullah Tarar announced it on Monday (15 July), asserting that the federal government has collected enough evidence to justify the proposed ban.

“In view of the foreign funding case, the 9 May riots, the cipher episode, and the resolution passed in the US, we believe that there is very credible evidence present to have the PTI banned,” Tarar asserted.

In response to the ban, PTI took to the social media platform X, “General Asim Munir and his puppet government’s mood is increasing after the process of returning the public mandate of Tehreek-e-Insaaf, which was given on 8 February, after which they started daydreaming about banning Tehreek-e-Insaaf. General Asim Munir, take care and do not shake the foundations of Pakistan by stopping playing with the constitution anymore."

The post continued, “No patriot can think of banning the largest and most popular party of the Pakistani country, doing so is tantamount to shaking the foundations of Pakistan and sending the country towards civil war. Learn from the Hamudur Rehman Commission report and stop playing with fire. The nation will not bear the loss of the country to satisfy your ego.”

Meanwhile, Pakistan’s Leader of Opposition, Syed Shibli Faraz has condemned the move to ban PTI as the government's final blow.

This decision by the government comes in the aftermath of the Supreme Court ruling favorably for PTI in the reserved seats case and for Imran Khan in an unrelated legal matter concerning his marital status. Khan still remains in custody at Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi with multiple charges framed against him.