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Pakistani authorities stated Tuesday that they’d unsuccessfully sought Khan’s cooperation within the corruption probe. He was subsequently arrested by officers on court docket premises within the Pakistani capital of Islamabad, the place he was attending a trial over totally different costs.
Pakistani tv footage confirmed Khan being pushed right into a regulation enforcement car. Officers stated the officers had been working on a warrant from the nation’s anti-corruption watchdog.
Khan’s arrest comes after days of mounting public dispute between the previous prime minister, who was ousted from his workplace final yr, the present authorities, and the nation’s highly effective army. Khan had lately accused a senior officer of getting been a part of an assassination try towards him final yr, which he narrowly survived.
The previous prime minister’s occasion stated there have been political motives behind the arrest linked to the present authorities beneath Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Khan’s supporters say the federal government is performing undemocratically, having repeatedly sought to delay key regional votes this yr after Khan carried out above expectations in by-elections final October.
Within the wake of the arrest, Khan’s occasion known as for protests throughout Pakistan and there have been some experiences of spontaneous demonstrations on a capital metropolis freeway and within the northwestern regional capital of Peshawar.
Throughout an try and arrest Khan in March, fierce clashes between Pakistani police and supporters of the previous prime minister broke out round his Lahore residence, leaving many injured.
Noack reported from Doha, Qatar.
