Pakistan ex-PM Khan due back in court after week of unrest

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LAHORE: Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was due back in court on Monday (May 15) after his arrest and brief detention last week sparked

"Using pretext of violence while I was inside the jail, they have assumed the role of judge, jury and executioner," he wrote of the current government.

Khan's wife Bushra Bibi was also due in court to seek bail in the same graft case for which Khan was arrested last week, PTI officials said.Parties that ousted Khan in a no-confidence vote in April 2022 planned protests on Monday against the Supreme Court's decision to grant Khan's release. There was a heavy security presence in the capital on Monday, and Islamabad police said some protestors had entered the so-called red zone housing the Supreme Court.Analysts say legal hurdles are often used to discourage dissent in Pakistan and Khan dismisses the cases as politically motivated ahead of elections due no later than October.

 

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