PAKISTAN’S jailed former prime minister Imran Khan has threatened to start a civil disobedience movement, calling on his supporters to rally next week.

The call comes days after his wife and party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), led a deadly protest march in Islamabad.

In a post on X on Thursday evening, Mr Khan told his supporters to gather on December 13 in Peshawar, the capital of the PTI-ruled Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

He also called for a judicial probe into the authorities’ response to the November 25 march, which he said killed at least 12 of his supporters, and violence on May 9 which killed eight.

All arrested should be released, he said.

“If these two demands are not met, a civil disobedience movement will start from December 14, and the government will be held responsible for any consequences,” Mr Khan wrote.

The former leader was indicted on Thursday for directing the May 9 attacks in the latest in dozens of cases against the 72-year-old.

Pakistan’s government has denied any deaths occurred during the November 25 protest.