Pakistani politicians have frequently been arrested and jailed since the country’s founding in 1947. Read more at straitstimes.com.
ISLAMABAD - Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was freed on bail by the Islamabad High Court on Friday, after his arrest on corruption charges this week sparked deadly clashes before being declared illegal.and ruled that he could not be arrested again before Monday.
“They treated me like a terrorist, this had to have a reaction,” he said of the protests that followed. He had launched an unprecedented campaign of defiance against the military, which independent analysts say helped him rise and fall from power. Khan was manhandled into custody by paramilitary troops at the Islamabad High Court on Tuesday, but the Supreme Court later declared the arrest unlawful and demanded the process be “backtracked”.Re-arrest looms?
On Thursday, Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial said Khan’s arrest was unlawful because it took place on court premises where Khan had intended to file a bail application.Khan had remained in the bench’s custody under police protection for his own safety until he arrived on Friday at the Islamabad High Court, where hundreds of security forces were deployed and nearby roads shut.
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