The dramatic arrest of former prime minister Imran Khan last week on suspicion of corruption has been deemed unlawful by Pakistan’s Supreme Court.
The court ordered Khan’s immediate release. His attorneys had contended that his Tuesday detention outside of the Islamabad courthouse was illegal.
At least 10 people have been killed and 2,000 arrested as violent protests have swept the country since he was held.
As it heard the former prime minister’s appeal against his arrest in a corruption case on Thursday, a three-judge panel of the Pakistani Supreme Court, including Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, and Justice Athar Minallah, ordered the country’s anti-corruption watchdog to bring the former leader.
Thereafter, the court ruled the arrest of Imran Khan as illegal and ordered his immediate release. The Supreme Court further held that no one can be arrested from court premises.
Khan has been asked to appear before Islamabad High Court on Friday.
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