Jailed former prime minister Imran Khan has announced his decision to postpone the civil disobedience movement for a few days on party leaders’ request.

“Imran Khan agreed to the party leaders request of delaying the civil disobedience movement,” Khan’s sister Aleema told reporters outside the Adiala Jail on Tuesday.

“I am worried about the country and I should wait for a few days,” she said while quoting her brother.

On December 5, jailed former PM Khan revealed his “trump card” by announcing a civil disobedience movement if the government failed to act on the party’s demand. He also formed a negotiating committee to fulfil those demands, including the release of political prisoners and a judicial inquiry into the events of May 9 and November 26.

His orders came after several PTI supporters had lost their lives due to “state terrorism” during his “final call” for nationwide protests on November 24. Such protests aimed to demand the restoration of the PTI’s electoral mandate, the release of detained party members, and the reversal of the 26th Constitutional Amendment.

After violent clashes between security forces and PTI protesters in Islamabad, the party leadership quickly retreated from the Red Zone on November 27. The three days of protests resulted in six fatalities, including a police officer and three Rangers struck by a speeding vehicle, according to officials.

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Aleema added that Khan sent his party leaders to the government with two demands, including a judicial commission over the November 26 and May 9 incidents and the release of the party’s “innocent” prisoners.

“Or else I will call for not sending foreign remittances,” she quoted Khan as saying.

The PTI founder reiterated his claims that the “agenda” behind toppling the PTI government was to crush his party under the “London plan.”

He related the Supreme Court’s ruling of taking the party’s bat symbol and arresting “thousands of people” over the May 9 incidents.