Pakistan’s Supreme Court has ordered the immediate release of former prime minister Imran Khan, ruling his arrest on corruption charges.
Pakistan’s Supreme Court has ordered the immediate release of former prime minister Imran Khan, ruling his arrest on corruption charges on Tuesday, which has sparked mass protests that have left at least 10 dead, was illegal, Associated Press andFormer Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested Tuesday, but a top court ruled his arrest illegal twoThe court order on Thursday came after Khan’s legal team challenged his arrest earlier this week, with Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial calling the arrest...
Khan was arrested by Pakistan’s anti-corruption watchdog, the National Accountability Bureau, for not cooperating with the agency’s investigations into a charitable trust Khan was allegedly using as a cover to receive bribes,
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