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Imran Khan, Pakistan’s former prime minister, at an interview in Lahore, Pakistan, on Jan. 24, 2023. Photo: Betsy Joles/Bloomberg via Getty Images Imran Khan: U.S. Was Manipulated by Pakistan Military Into Backing Overthrow In an interview with The Intercept, the ousted Pakistani prime minister, just released from arrest, accuses the country’s military of deepening a political crisis. Imran Khanbecame Pakistan’s prime minister through a most unusual route. As he explained inan interview on Sunday night, Khan was for decades the nation’s most famous cricketer, before transitioning into the world of philanthropy, building hospitals and supporting universities. From there, he moved into politics, founding a party — the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, or PTI — and sweeping into power in 2018. But he had a slim majority, and was ousted in a no-confidence vote by 2022. Since then, he and his party have been the target of a relentless crackdown by the nation’s military, which has ruled the country directly or indirectly for decades. Khan was arrested on May 9, 2023, by the military, and held for four days before the Supreme Court ruled his detention illegal. Khan, meanwhile, is holed up in his home in Lahore, sifting through some 150 charges of corruption and other offenses that have been leveled at him — charges he and his supporters dismiss as politically motivated. Yet Khan remains a popular political figure heading into elections that are scheduled for October. He joined me last ni...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan— Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested and dragged from court Tuesday as he appeared to face charges in multiple graft cases — a dramatic escalation of political tensions that sparked violent demonstrations by his supporters in almost all of the country’s major cities. The detention of Khan, who was He was removed from the Islamabad High Court by security agents from the National Accountability Bureau, loaded into an armored car and whisked away, according to Fawad Chaudhry, a senior official with Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Party. For the record: 4:12 a.m. May 10, 2023 A previous version of this story gave an incorrect age for former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan. He is 70, not 71. Chaudhry denounced the arrest of the 70-year-old former cricket star as “an abduction.” Pakistan’s independent GEO TV broadcast video of Khan being taken away surrounded by his angry supporters. After Khan was removed, a scuffle broke out between his supporters and police. Chaudhry said some of Khan’s lawyers and supporters were injured in the scuffle, as were several officers. Khan’s party immediately complained to the Islamabad High Court, which requested a police report explaining the charges in his arrest. Khan was later moved to the garrison city of Rawalpindi, near Islamabad, for questioning by the National Accountability Bureau, police and government officials said. He was also to undergo a routine medical checkup, police said. Police have ...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested Tuesday as he appeared in a court in the country’s capital, Islamabad, to face charges in multiple graft cases. Security agents dragged Khan outside and shoved him into an armored car before whisking him away. The arrest, which marks a dramatic escalation on Pakistan’s political scene, drew nationwide condemnation from supporters of the popular opposition leader and former cricket star turned Islamist politician. READ MORE: Pakistani police storm home of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, arrest 61 supporters Khan was dragged outside the Islamabad High Court and pushed into a police vehicle by agents from the National Accountability Bureau, according to Fawad Chaudhry, a senior official with Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party. Chaudhry denounced the arrest as “an abduction.” Pakistan’s independent GEO TV broadcast images of the 72-year-old Khan being pulled by security forces towards an armored vehicle, which took him away. Khan was ousted in a no-confidence vote in April 2022. He has claimed his ouster was illegal and a Western conspiracy and has campaigned against the government of his successor, Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, demanding early elections. After Khan was taken away, a scuffle broke out between Khan’s supporters and police outside the court. Chaudhry said some of Khan’s lawyers and supporters were injured in the scuffle, as were several policemen. Khan’s party immediately complained ...

ISLAMABAD, June 8 (Reuters) - Pakistan's ousted former prime minister Imran Khan secured bail on Thursday from the Islamabad High Court over new murder charges, meaning he cannot be rearrested in connection with those charges for the next 14 days, his lawyer said. Khan was arrested on May 9 and held for three days, triggering violent protests by his followers. He is now free on bail in a range of criminal cases. He had travelled to the capital from his Lahore home to seek bail in the murder case and extend his bail in over a dozen other cases to avoid a fresh arrest, said his lawyer Gohar Khan. Another of his lawyers, Naeem Haider, said he also received bail in all the other cases in which he had applied for it. The 70-year-old former cricket hero who become prime minister in 2018 has been embroiled in a confrontation with Pakistan's powerful military since he was ousted in a no-confidence vote last year. The military has ruled directly or overseen civilian governments since the creation of Pakistan, where political confrontations are often fought out in court. Khan's Since Khan was freed, new charges against him have been piling up. On Wednesday, police named him in connection with the murder of a lawyer seeking sedition proceedings against him. Khan says he is facing nearly 150 cases and denies guilt in all of them. His lawyer Gohar Khan had said the former prime minister would on Thursday approach the anti-terrorism courts, anti-graft courts and the High Court in Islama...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested Tuesday as he appeared in a court in the country’s capital, Islamabad, to face charges in multiple graft cases. Security agents dragged Khan outside and shoved him into an armored car before whisking him away. The arrest, which marks a dramatic escalation on Pakistan’s political scene, drew nationwide condemnation from supporters of the popular opposition leader and former cricket star turned Islamist politician. READ MORE: Pakistani police storm home of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, arrest 61 supporters Khan was dragged outside the Islamabad High Court and pushed into a police vehicle by agents from the National Accountability Bureau, according to Fawad Chaudhry, a senior official with Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party. Chaudhry denounced the arrest as “an abduction.” Pakistan’s independent GEO TV broadcast images of the 72-year-old Khan being pulled by security forces towards an armored vehicle, which took him away. Khan was ousted in a no-confidence vote in April 2022. He has claimed his ouster was illegal and a Western conspiracy and has campaigned against the government of his successor, Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, demanding early elections. After Khan was taken away, a scuffle broke out between Khan’s supporters and police outside the court. Chaudhry said some of Khan’s lawyers and supporters were injured in the scuffle, as were several policemen. Khan’s party immediately complained ...

Imran Khan, Pakistan’s former prime minister, at an interview in Lahore, Pakistan, on Jan. 24, 2023. Photo: Betsy Joles/Bloomberg via Getty Images Imran Khan: U.S. Was Manipulated by Pakistan Military Into Backing Overthrow In an interview with The Intercept, the ousted Pakistani prime minister, just released from arrest, accuses the country’s military of deepening a political crisis. Imran Khanbecame Pakistan’s prime minister through a most unusual route. As he explained inan interview on Sunday night, Khan was for decades the nation’s most famous cricketer, before transitioning into the world of philanthropy, building hospitals and supporting universities. From there, he moved into politics, founding a party — the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, or PTI — and sweeping into power in 2018. But he had a slim majority, and was ousted in a no-confidence vote by 2022. Since then, he and his party have been the target of a relentless crackdown by the nation’s military, which has ruled the country directly or indirectly for decades. Khan was arrested on May 9, 2023, by the military, and held for four days before the Supreme Court ruled his detention illegal. Khan, meanwhile, is holed up in his home in Lahore, sifting through some 150 charges of corruption and other offenses that have been leveled at him — charges he and his supporters dismiss as politically motivated. Yet Khan remains a popular political figure heading into elections that are scheduled for October. He joined me last ni...

ISLAMABAD, June 8 (Reuters) - Pakistan's ousted former prime minister Imran Khan secured bail on Thursday from the Islamabad High Court over new murder charges, meaning he cannot be rearrested in connection with those charges for the next 14 days, his lawyer said. Khan was arrested on May 9 and held for three days, triggering violent protests by his followers. He is now free on bail in a range of criminal cases. He had travelled to the capital from his Lahore home to seek bail in the murder case and extend his bail in over a dozen other cases to avoid a fresh arrest, said his lawyer Gohar Khan. Another of his lawyers, Naeem Haider, said he also received bail in all the other cases in which he had applied for it. The 70-year-old former cricket hero who become prime minister in 2018 has been embroiled in a confrontation with Pakistan's powerful military since he was ousted in a no-confidence vote last year. The military has ruled directly or overseen civilian governments since the creation of Pakistan, where political confrontations are often fought out in court. Khan's Since Khan was freed, new charges against him have been piling up. On Wednesday, police named him in connection with the murder of a lawyer seeking sedition proceedings against him. Khan says he is facing nearly 150 cases and denies guilt in all of them. His lawyer Gohar Khan had said the former prime minister would on Thursday approach the anti-terrorism courts, anti-graft courts and the High Court in Islama...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan— Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested and dragged from court Tuesday as he appeared to face charges in multiple graft cases — a dramatic escalation of political tensions that sparked violent demonstrations by his supporters in almost all of the country’s major cities. The detention of Khan, who was He was removed from the Islamabad High Court by security agents from the National Accountability Bureau, loaded into an armored car and whisked away, according to Fawad Chaudhry, a senior official with Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Party. For the record: 4:12 a.m. May 10, 2023 A previous version of this story gave an incorrect age for former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan. He is 70, not 71. Chaudhry denounced the arrest of the 70-year-old former cricket star as “an abduction.” Pakistan’s independent GEO TV broadcast video of Khan being taken away surrounded by his angry supporters. After Khan was removed, a scuffle broke out between his supporters and police. Chaudhry said some of Khan’s lawyers and supporters were injured in the scuffle, as were several officers. Khan’s party immediately complained to the Islamabad High Court, which requested a police report explaining the charges in his arrest. Khan was later moved to the garrison city of Rawalpindi, near Islamabad, for questioning by the National Accountability Bureau, police and government officials said. He was also to undergo a routine medical checkup, police said. Police have ...

Imran Khan, Pakistan’s former prime minister, at an interview in Lahore, Pakistan, on Jan. 24, 2023. Photo: Betsy Joles/Bloomberg via Getty Images Imran Khan: U.S. Was Manipulated by Pakistan Military Into Backing Overthrow In an interview with The Intercept, the ousted Pakistani prime minister, just released from arrest, accuses the country’s military of deepening a political crisis. Imran Khanbecame Pakistan’s prime minister through a most unusual route. As he explained inan interview on Sunday night, Khan was for decades the nation’s most famous cricketer, before transitioning into the world of philanthropy, building hospitals and supporting universities. From there, he moved into politics, founding a party — the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, or PTI — and sweeping into power in 2018. But he had a slim majority, and was ousted in a no-confidence vote by 2022. Since then, he and his party have been the target of a relentless crackdown by the nation’s military, which has ruled the country directly or indirectly for decades. Khan was arrested on May 9, 2023, by the military, and held for four days before the Supreme Court ruled his detention illegal. Khan, meanwhile, is holed up in his home in Lahore, sifting through some 150 charges of corruption and other offenses that have been leveled at him — charges he and his supporters dismiss as politically motivated. Yet Khan remains a popular political figure heading into elections that are scheduled for October. He joined me last ni...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan— Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested and dragged from court Tuesday as he appeared to face charges in multiple graft cases — a dramatic escalation of political tensions that sparked violent demonstrations by his supporters in almost all of the country’s major cities. The detention of Khan, who was He was removed from the Islamabad High Court by security agents from the National Accountability Bureau, loaded into an armored car and whisked away, according to Fawad Chaudhry, a senior official with Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Party. For the record: 4:12 a.m. May 10, 2023 A previous version of this story gave an incorrect age for former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan. He is 70, not 71. Chaudhry denounced the arrest of the 70-year-old former cricket star as “an abduction.” Pakistan’s independent GEO TV broadcast video of Khan being taken away surrounded by his angry supporters. After Khan was removed, a scuffle broke out between his supporters and police. Chaudhry said some of Khan’s lawyers and supporters were injured in the scuffle, as were several officers. Khan’s party immediately complained to the Islamabad High Court, which requested a police report explaining the charges in his arrest. Khan was later moved to the garrison city of Rawalpindi, near Islamabad, for questioning by the National Accountability Bureau, police and government officials said. He was also to undergo a routine medical checkup, police said. Police have ...