Pakistan's Taliban has offered Imran Khan protection for his political party's peace rally in the volatile Waziristan region on Sunday.

According to British newspaper The Telegraph, Khan's party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) plans to speak against the American practice of lethal drone strikes at the rally.

Commanders from the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) told the Telegraph that previous instructions to assassinate Khan were set aside in light of the former national cricket captain's strong opposition to the US drone strikes.

"We are ready to provide them security if they need. We endorses Imran Khan's plea that drone strikes are against our sovereignty," a TTP spokesperson said. "The anti-drone rallies should have been taken out by the religious leaders long ago but Imran had taken the lead and we wouldn't harm him or his followers."

Khan confirmed at a press conference that he had been promised the support of local tribes but was concerned the government may foreign peace campaigners and journalists to cover the march.

"We feel no threat from any side but feel threatened by the forces which have been playing politics on this issue," he said. "The government should take steps to provide security to the media persons, who would be covering the every bit of the proposed peace march."

Earlier this week the region's South Waziristan administration denied the PTI could hold the march citing insecurity. The region is frequently targeted by the US drones and Pakistan military are regularly conducting operations against militant bases there.

The Telegraph cited the Bureau of Investigative Journalism as recording at least 2570 deaths since 2004 in 346 drone strikes.