Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan arrested, stirring nationwide violence
Pakistan's anti-corruption agency arrests former prime minister Imran Khan at Islamabad High Court Tuesday, threatening fresh turmoil in the nuclear-armed country as clashes erupted between Khan supporters and police.
Khan's arrest comes a day after the powerful military rebuked him for repeatedly accusing a senior military officer of trying to engineer his assassination and the former armed forces chief of being behind his removal from power last year.
Dozens of paramilitary troops in riot-control gear surrounded Khan - Pakistan's most popular leader according to opinion polls - and led him into a black van by his arm.
Authorities in three of Pakistan's four provinces imposed an emergency order banning all gatherings after Khan's supporters clashed with police, blocked major roads in a string of cities and stormed military buildings in Lahore and Rawalpindi, according to witnesses and videos shared by his party.
Reuters
Pakistan's anti-corruption agency arrests former prime minister Imran Khan at Islamabad High Court Tuesday, threatening fresh turmoil in the nuclear-armed country as clashes erupted between Khan supporters and police.
Khan's arrest comes a day after the powerful military rebuked him for repeatedly accusing a senior military officer of trying to engineer his assassination and the former armed forces chief of being behind his removal from power last year.
Dozens of paramilitary troops in riot-control gear surrounded Khan - Pakistan's most popular leader according to opinion polls - and led him into a black van by his arm.
Authorities in three of Pakistan's four provinces imposed an emergency order banning all gatherings after Khan's supporters clashed with police, blocked major roads in a string of cities and stormed military buildings in Lahore and Rawalpindi, according to witnesses and videos shared by his party.
Reuters
Pakistan's anti-corruption agency arrests former prime minister Imran Khan at Islamabad High Court Tuesday, threatening fresh turmoil in the nuclear-armed country as clashes erupted between Khan supporters and police.
Khan's arrest comes a day after the powerful military rebuked him for repeatedly accusing a senior military officer of trying to engineer his assassination and the former armed forces chief of being behind his removal from power last year.
Dozens of paramilitary troops in riot-control gear surrounded Khan - Pakistan's most popular leader according to opinion polls - and led him into a black van by his arm.
Authorities in three of Pakistan's four provinces imposed an emergency order banning all gatherings after Khan's supporters clashed with police, blocked major roads in a string of cities and stormed military buildings in Lahore and Rawalpindi, according to witnesses and videos shared by his party.
Reuters
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Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan arrested, stirring nationwide violence
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