Pakistan's Supreme Court has ruled that former high minister Imran Khan's dramatic arrest on corruption charges this week was illegal. The court ordered Mr Khan's immediate release. His attorneys had argued that his detention from court demesne in Islamabad on Tuesday was unlawful.
At least 10 people have been killed and 2,000 arrested as violent demurrers have swept the country since he was held. Tuesday's arrest escalated growing pressures between him and the service. The opposition leader, ousted in a confidence vote in April last time, was brought to court on the orders of Pakistan's top judge. " Your arrest was invalid so the whole process needs to be repealed," Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial told Mr Khan.
The former cricketer told the judges he would been abducted from the High Court and" hit with sticks". Why was Imran Khan arrested? Footage showed civil forces seizing Mr Khan, who was injured in a gun attack last time, and dragging him from inside court demesne, before whisking him down in an armoured vehicle. His Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf( PTI) party says the cases against him are politically motivated. The arrest maddened his sympathizers the once 48 hours have seen wide violence and rare attacks on state and military installations. Seven elderly PTI leaders are among those arrested. They include former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, who police say" incited violence".
In a statement Mr Qureshi denied this and prompted sympathizers to continue with peaceful demurrers. Mr Khan was ousted lower than four times into his term as high minister. numerous judges believe Mr Khan's election palm in 2018 happed with the help of the service. But since he was ousted, he has come one of the service's most oral critics. In November 2022, Mr Khan was shot in the leg while leading a kick march. He has indicted a elderly intelligence officers of carrying out the attack- which the service has explosively denied.
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