RAWALPINDI — December 5, 2025: Pakistan’s civil-military tensions hit a new peak today as the Director General of ISPR delivered one of the fiercest briefings in recent memory, issuing an extraordinary denunciation of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan and his political movement.

In remarks that signalled a dramatic deepening of the standoff, the Army’s spokesperson accused Imran Khan of promoting an “anti-state, anti-institution narrative” that has now “crossed all red lines,” leaving the military with “no option but to respond with full force within the Constitution and law.”

Today’s briefing left little doubt about the tone: the Army now views Imran Khan as its primary adversary in Pakistan’s political arena.