Rawalpindi: Former Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan has called on Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur to resign if he is unable to restore peace and maintain law and order in the province.
Imran Khan, during an internal discussion, said, “If Ali Amin Gandapur cannot restore peace, he should step down,” Geo News reported.
He reportedly added that if Gandapur is unable to address key governance issues, the opportunity should be given to someone else.
The remarks come amid a troubling rise in terrorist activities in KP and Balochistan, which have intensified since the Taliban’s return to power in neighboring Afghanistan in 2021.
A police report revealed that KP recorded 476 terrorism-related incidents in the first seven months of 2025 alone. These attacks left at least 121 civilians dead and injured over 300 others.
The province’s security forces also bore the brunt, with 66 police officers martyred and 90 others wounded. Additional casualties included 10 Levies personnel killed, 48 Frontier Corps members martyred, and 55 fatalities from other security forces.
