{"id":2558,"date":"2023-05-12T12:46:11","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T11:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loktaknews.com\/imran-khan-gets-bail-day-after-pak-supreme-court-called-arrest-illegal\/%e0%a4%8f%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%b8%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%b2%e0%a5%82%e0%a4%b8%e0%a4%bf%e0%a4%b5\/"},"modified":"2023-05-12T12:46:11","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T11:46:11","slug":"imran-khan-gets-bail-day-after-pak-supreme-court-called-arrest-illegal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loktaknews.com\/?p=2558","title":{"rendered":"Imran Khan Gets Bail, Day After Pak Supreme Court Called Arrest &#8220;Illegal&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2023-05\/dgjso03k_imran-khan-1200_625x300_12_May_23.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" id=\"ins_storybody\"><!-- \n\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" class=\"sp-cn ins_storybody\" id=\"ins_storybody\">--><\/p>\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv\"><span itemprop=\"video\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><meta itemprop=\"headline\" content=\"Imran Khan Gets Bail, Day After Pak Supreme Court Called Arrest &quot;Illegal&quot;\"\/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Imran Khan Gets Bail, Day After Pak Supreme Court Called Arrest &quot;Illegal&quot;\"\/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Imran Khan Gets Bail, Day After Pak Supreme Court Called Arrest &quot;Illegal&quot;\"\/><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2023-05\/dgjso03k_imran-khan-1200_625x300_12_May_23.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-05-12T17:00:30+05:30\"\/><meta itemprop=\"embedUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/video\/embed-player\/?id=699447&amp;category=embed&amp;autostart=1&amp;pWidth=650&amp;pHeight=403&amp;embed_type=story&amp;mute=1&amp;autostart=1&amp;mutestart=true&amp;ctitle=1&amp;miniplayer=1&amp;cache=2022\"\/><meta itemprop=\"ContentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/ndtvod.pc.cdn.bitgravity.com\/23372\/ndtv\/12052023_n_ImranKhan_57929_26271_320.mp4\"\/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"T5M01S\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"videoembed\" class=\"videembedload\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2023-05\/dgjso03k_imran-khan-1200_625x300_12_May_23.jpg?im=FeatureCrop,algorithm=dnn,width=650,height=400\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/video\/embed-player\/?id=699447&amp;category=embed&amp;autostart=1&amp;pWidth=650&amp;pHeight=403&amp;embed_type=story&amp;mute=1&amp;autostart=1&amp;mutestart=true&amp;ctitle=1&amp;miniplayer=1&amp;cache=2022\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:100%; height:403px; padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left:0px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"ins_instory_dv_caption sp_b\">Imran Khan has remained wildly popular since being ousted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b class=\"place_cont\">New Delhi: <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Pakistan former prime minister Imran Khan was granted two weeks of bail by Islamabad High Court on Friday in a corruption case, a day after the Supreme Court called his arrest &#8220;invalid and unlawful&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The Islamabad High Court upheld Mr Khan&#8217;s arrest but a three-member Supreme Court bench on Thursday had declared his detention &#8220;illegal&#8221; and ordered his immediate release.<\/p>\n<p>The Friday hearing was delayed for nearly two hours due to security reasons. The cricketer-turned-politician arrived back at the Islamabad High Court in a secure convoy and walked into the building flanked by dozens of police and paramilitaries.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"rtl\" lang=\"ur\">\u0639\u0645\u0631\u0627\u0646 \u062e\u0627\u0646 \u0627\u0633\u0644\u0627\u0645 \u0622\u0628\u0627\u062f \u06c1\u0627\u0626\u06cc\u06a9\u0648\u0631\u0679 \u0645\u06cc\u06ba\u06d4\u06d4<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D9%85%DB%8C%DA%BA_%D8%A8%DA%BE%DB%8C_%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86_%DB%81%D9%88%DA%BA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0645\u06cc\u06ba_\u0628\u06be\u06cc_\u0639\u0645\u0631\u0627\u0646_\u062e\u0627\u0646_\u06c1\u0648\u06ba<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5xxClCUOXu\">pic.twitter.com\/5xxClCUOXu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PTI (@PTIofficial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PTIofficial\/status\/1656917169811210241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The court has granted Imran Khan a two weeks interim bail and has directed the authorities not to arrest him in the [graft] case,&#8221; Mr Khan&#8217;s lawyer Khawaja Harris was quoted saying by news agency AFP.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Khan raised a single fist above his head, signalling his gathered supporters.<\/p>\n<p>But the legal saga seems far from over.<\/p>\n<p>The interior minister has pledged to re-arrest Mr Khan, who has become tangled in a slew of legal cases.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Khan, who was ousted as Prime Minister last April, was arrested from outside the Islamabad High Court on Tuesday in the Al-Qadir Trust case after the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), the country&#8217;s top anti-corruption body, issued an arrest warrant against him.<\/p>\n<p>The arrest by paramilitary Rangers triggered deadly clashes across the country, prompting the deployment of the Army. At least nine people died in the unrest, police and hospitals said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Khan has accused senior military and government officials of plotting a November assassination attempt that saw him shot in the leg during a rally.<\/p>\n<p>General elections are due no later than October, and the former cricket star has accused the shaky incumbent coalition government of supplanting him in cahoots with top generals.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Khan has remained wildly popular since being ousted.<\/p>\n<p>His arrest this week came after the army rebuked him for once again repeating allegations they were involved in his assassination attempt.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/world-news\/imran-khan-gets-bail-day-after-pak-supreme-court-called-arrest-illegal-4028354\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Imran Khan has remained wildly popular since being ousted. New Delhi: Pakistan former prime minister Imran Khan was granted two weeks of bail by Islamabad High Court on Friday in a corruption case, a day after the Supreme Court called his arrest &#8220;invalid and unlawful&#8221;. 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