Pakistan arrests ex-PM Khan’s party leaders as deadly protests continue
ISLAMABAD – The Pakistani authorities arrested a senior leader of former prime minister Imran Khan’s party on Thursday, as the government deployed the army to help end deadly unrest sparked byMr Shah Mahmood Qureshi, who served as foreign minister in Khan’s Cabinet during his four-year premiership, was arrested overnight, a statement on his Twitter profile said.
The violence sparked by Khan’s arrest on Tuesday by Pakistan’s anti-graft agency has aggravated instability in a country of 220 million people, as it grapples with a severe economic crisis and an International Monetary Fund bailout that has been hanging since November. Other state buildings and assets have also been attacked and set ablaze by protesters. At least five people have died in the violence.
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