Former prime minister of Pakistan and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan being arrested by paramilitary Rangers from outside the Islamabad High Court, where he was present for a hearing of a corruption case, in Islamabad.
PTIHe said that Khan has been arrested in the Al-Qadir Trust case.
Deutsche WelleA police vehicle was set on fire in Karachi following Khan's arrest. Protests erupted across Pakistani cities, with Khan's supporters blocking roads in capital Islamabad, Peshawar and other cities.
Deutsche WellePakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party members and supporters chant slogans against Khan's arrest during a demonstration in Karachi. Some stormed the residence of the corps commander in Lahore, while others laid seige to a gate of the army's headquarters in the garrison city of Rawalpindi.
Deutsche WellePakistan's anti-corruption watchdog on Wednesday sought a 14-day physical remand of former prime minister Imran Khan as he was produced before a special court inside a high security police facility here for the hearing in a corruption case in which he has been arrested.
Deutsche WelleImran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party also filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the Islamabad High Court's ruling which backed the arrest of the former prime minister in a corruption case, according to a media report.
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