Imran Khan will get security from arrest in all circumstances till May 15

By India Today World Desk: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, who was arrested in a dramatic model on May 9, was granted a two-week bail by the Islamabad High Court on Friday in a corruption case. A short while later, the courtroom said he could not be arrested within the interim in positive pending circumstances in opposition to him.

The quite a few rulings obtained right here because the federal authorities and legions of Imran Khan’s supporters had been on edge after days of violent confrontations sparked by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief’s arrest.

The authorities has vowed it might uncover a method to take Imran Khan once more into custody, a switch which will likely set off a resurgence of violence in Pakistan.

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Here’s what panned out throughout the Islamabad High Court proper this second:

After a fast listening to, a specific bench of the Islamabad High Court granted defending bail to Imran Khan for two weeks throughout the Al-Qadir Trust case.

The courtroom moreover ordered that the earlier Pakistan prime minister should not be arrested till May 17 in any case registered in Islamabad after May 9. It moreover ordered the authorities to provide ‘foolproof security’ to Imran Khan.

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However, Imran Khan remained throughout the courtroom after the selection as his attorneys petitioned the judges for associated security in various completely different circumstances, making an attempt to close off a approved avenue for the federal authorities to arrest him as soon as extra.

The Islamabad High Court then ordered that Imran Khan cannot be arrested in any case registered in opposition to him all through Pakistan till Monday, May 15.

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Imran Khan was eradicated as prime minister last yr by a no-confidence vote in Parliament and now leads the opposition. He faces better than 100 approved circumstances, most involving allegations that he incited violence and threatened police and authorities officers.

He moreover faces a minimal of three graft circumstances, along with accusations from the National Accountability Bureau that he accepted tons of of hundreds of {{dollars}} worth of property in alternate for providing benefits to an precise property tycoon. A model new terrorism price was filed in opposition to him for allegedly inciting his followers to violence after his arrest.

Imran Khan will go away for his residence in Bani Gala, Islamabad after receiving the written order from the courtroom.

(With inputs from AFP, AP, Dawn)

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