Islamabad high court gives ex-PM Imran Khan 2-week reprieve from arrest in graft case, grants bail.
The popular 70-year-old opposition leader appeared before the same court from which he was dragged and arrested on Tuesday. The arrest triggered nationwide protests in which his supporters attacked military installations, burned vehicles, and ambulances and looted general stores in various parts of the country. The government responded with a crackdown, arresting nearly 3,000 people.
Friday’s court session is part of a series of complex legal manoeuvres.
On Thursday, Pakistan’s Supreme Court declared that Khan’s arrest was unlawful, but then asked the Islamabad High Court – a lower court – to reconsider its initial decision to uphold the arrest.
The Supreme Court said it would respect whatever the Islamabad court rules on Friday.
This is a developing story.