Islamabad, Pakistan: In a recent interview, Noreen Niazi, one of Imran Khan’s sisters, questioned Pakistan’s success regarding the military confrontation with India in May 2025.
According to media reports, she suggested that the conflict did not represent a conventional military victory for Pakistan and alleged that both countries had acted in a coordinated manner to serve broader political objectives. She further claimed that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had deliberately accepted a defeat to benefit Pakistan’s international image. These remarks have generated significant criticism from commentators, who described them as unfounded and ‘stupid’. Critics have argued that such statements undermine public confidence in Pakistan’s institutions and have called upon the government to investigate whether any laws were violated.
Speaking to this correspondent, senior journalist Aijaz Ahmed, who has covered Pakistan’s political landscape for nearly four decades, said that Noreen Niazi’s assertions regarding alleged Pakistan-India collaboration during the May 2025 conflict lacked credible supporting evidence. He described the claims as speculative and inconsistent with publicly available information. According to Ahmed, there is no independently verified evidence to support the allegation that the conflict was orchestrated jointly by the two countries. He argued that the reported military setback had already placed significant political pressure on the Indian government, making such allegations difficult to substantiate. Ahmed further observed that Pakistan’s increasingly polarized political environment has contributed to the spread of conspiracy theories and has made constructive public discourse considerably more difficult.
A former head of the Department of Psychology at Government College University Lahore, who requested anonymity to avoid online harassment and social media lynching by the hands of PTI’s keyboard warriors, offered a psychological perspective on the controversy. He explained that strong political or personal hostility can reinforce cognitive biases, particularly confirmation bias, in which individuals tend to accept information that supports their existing beliefs while rejecting realities. According to the academic, prolonged political polarization may encourage rigid patterns of thinking and strengthen perceptions of opposing groups as fundamentally hostile. He argued that such dynamics can reduce the willingness of political actors to engage with evidence-based information and established views.
It is also noteworthy that, following Pakistan’s reported diplomatic engagement during tensions between the United States and Iran in June 2026, Pakistani media sought reactions from Imran Khan’s sisters regarding Pakistan’s role and reports that Iranian officials had expressed appreciation for Islamabad’s efforts. During one interview, Noreen Niazi questioned the basis for such appreciation, reportedly asking, “Kis baat ka shukriya?” (“What is there to thank Pakistan for?”). Her remarks attracted criticism from government supporters, who viewed them as dismissive of Pakistan’s diplomatic efforts.
Political tensions between PTI and the Pakistan Army have remained a defining feature of Pakistan’s political landscape in recent years. In September 2025, the Federal Cabinet condemned what it described as derogatory and inflammatory content directed at Pakistan’s martyrs. Government officials accused PTI supporters of continuing to circulate material that they considered offensive to the armed forces.
There are reasons to believe that the family of former Prime Minister Imran Khan has frequently been involved to express its hostility toward the Pakistan Army. This antagonism predates Khan’s removal from office through a parliamentary vote of no confidence, citing previously circulated videos and reports that showed him making derogatory remarks about the military before becoming prime minister.
Following his removal from office through vote of no-confidence, Imran Khan intensified his hatemongering against Pakistan’s state institutions, particularly the Pakistan Army and the judiciary, resulting in the events of May 9, 2023, when violent protests in which military installations, public property, and monuments dedicated to fallen soldiers were attacked in several cities. After Khan’s imprisonment in multiple legal cases, his sisters continued to criticize the Pakistan Army and the government in public appearances and interviews. Certain media circles claim that the lenient attitude of government can be one of the reasons that encourages Niazi family to continue hatemongering against Pakistan Army.
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After losing the prime ministership, Imran Khan Niazi expressed hostility toward Pakistan and its institutions, particularly the Pakistan Army and the judiciary. He, along with his sisters and nephew, was directly involved in the mutiny against the Pakistan Army that took place on May 9. On that day, his party, PTI, attacked military installations and monuments dedicated to martyrs in several cities.
Following his arrest on corruption charges, his sisters continued this campaign against the Pakistan Army and openly criticized Pakistan on several occasions. However, the government was perceived as taking a lenient approach toward them for reasons best known to the government itself.
In a recent interview, Imran Khan Niazi’s sister again spoke against Pakistan, claiming that Pakistan did not win the war against India in May 2025. Instead, she asserted that it was an act of joint collaboration between India and Pakistan to improve Pakistan’s image at the global level. She further claimed that Indian Prime Minister Modi deliberately lost the war against Pakistan. According to this account, these remarks demonstrate that the family has become consumed by its hatred of Pakistan.
It is argued that the government should now respond and prosecute her for allegedly spreading hatred against the Pakistan Army.
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