The arrest of former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan sparked nationwide riots by his supportersFormer Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan appeared in court Wednesday on graft charges as violent nationwide protests over his arrest erupted for a second day.
He added that Khan was in"good spirits", but complained he had been hit on the back of the head and leg by the paramilitary forces that arrested him. Former cricketing superstar Imran Khan has previously denied all the charges in dozens of cases brought against him"If they think that the arrest of Imran Khan will demoralise us, then they are hugely mistaken," said Niaz Ali in Peshawar, where several monuments and government buildings have been torched.Khan's arrest came hours after the powerful military rebuked him for alleging that a senior officer had been involved in a plot to kill him.
Some protesters took out their wrath on the military, torching the residence of the corps commander in Lahore and laying siege at the entrance to the army's general headquarters in the garrison city of Rawalpindi. The case that led to his detention was brought by the National Accountability Bureau , Pakistan's top anti-corruption body, which said he had ignored repeated summons to appear in court.
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