PESHAWAR: Treasury members in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Monday strongly condemned the shifting of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf founder Imran Khan from Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail to a hospital in Islamabad at night without informing his family’s members and party leadership.

They also questioned why Pakistan became part of the US Board of Peace for Gaza when Germany, France, Spain and many other countries refused to become part of it, and alleged that the federal government’s move was meant to prolong its rule.

During the session chaired by MPA Mohammad Israr, housing minister Ajmad Ali said that following his speeches, he used to receive notices from the National Accountability Bureau, Federal Investigation Agency or the Election Commission but after he delivered the last speech, a hand grenade was hurled at his home. He said that some federal ministers first declared Mr Imran’s eye surgery at Islamabad’s Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences false but later insisted that it was a small medical procedure.

“Inmates could meet family members and friends but the PTI founder is being denied visitation rights,” he said.

Question why Pakistan joined US Board of Peace on Gaza

The minister said that what was meted out to PTI had never happened to any political party in the country’s history but the PTI workers never shouted slogans against the country or military but even then, excesses against the party continued.

He said that following his speech in the last session, his house was targeted by a hand grenade and that after today’s speech, he feared a bomb explosion at his house.

Mr Ali claimed that according to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Pakistan had requested to become part of the Board of Peace for Gaza to help unarm Hamas in Gaza.

“We condemn Pakistan’s act of becoming part of the peace board, especially when China, France, Germany and Spain refused to do so,” he said.

The minister regretted that not even a single religious leader spoke against Pakistan’s move.

He claimed that the next US target would be Pakistan’s nukes. Mr Ali condemned militant attacks in Balochistan and termed them a security failure and questioned BLA attacking 12 different sites, blowing up banks and holding the deputy commissioner of Nushki hostage. He said authorities should focus their attention on their “core job” of protecting the border to prevent such attacks.

The minister said the BLA militants moved around freely but those responsible to counter them didn’t act.

Treasury MPA Liaqat Khan said KP Chief Minister Sohail Afridi and lawmakers from across the country held sit-in but the access to PTI founder Imran Khan in Adiala Jail was denied.

He said that everyone present outside the prison represented thousands of voters but federal and Punjab authorities didn’t bother and even the apex court didn’t intervene.

The lawmaker said the PTI was concerned about the health of its detained founder.

He warned there would be serious consequences of subjecting the PTI leaders and activists to the “constant brutality”.

The chair observed that there should be no ban on meeting political prisoners in jail.

“I am shocked that a political leader was shifted to the hospital in the dark. Who fears the leader?”

The chair insisted that it was dangerous to shift a political prisoner to the hospital at night.

Treasury MPA Abdul Salam Afridi said that Pakistan had signed an accord with the US on Gaza against the will of Muslims, especially when Palestinians were looking to it for acting against Israeli aggression.

“We inform the Ummah that all these accords aren’t endorsed by Pakistani nation and that we all stand with Palestinians and will always raise voice for them,” he said.

Opposition lawmaker Mohammad Riaz Khan said people were asked to leave their houses after jirgas were held in Bajaur and Khyber tribal districts. He said the provincial government had focused attention on Khyber and Bajaur only.

Mr Khan said he couldn’t visit his constituency for being unable to help out the displaced persons.

Treasury MPA Sajjad Barakwal paid tribute to the political career of Haji Ghulam Ahmad Bilour, who remained associated with Awami National Party for 55 years but abandoned parliamentary politics lately and left the provincial capital.

He said that Mr Bilour lost a brother, a son and a nephew due to his principled politics.

The lawmaker opposed any move to divide KP into provinces and said his Khattak tribe would never accept it.

Opposition lawmaker Mehar Sultana informed the house that a few days ago, militants attacked a police team carrying two suspected criminals, killing the accused but the policemen remained safe.

“Usually, militants target police personnel but there is another story. The accused were wanted in drug-related cases and one of the detainees was allegedly involved in the killing of a police officer. The accused declared on oath tha the was not involved,” she said.

The MPA added that the residents handed over the detainees to police. She said that the accused should have been produced before the court but they were “murdered”.

The house also passed the KP Right Public Services Amendment Bill, 2026, which was tabled by law minister Aftab Alam Afridi. The chair later adjourned the sitting until Feb 16.

Published in Dawn, February 3rd, 2026