Court orders immediate release of former prime minister who was arrested in Islamabad this week
Pakistan’s supreme court has ruled the arrest of the former prime minister, Umar Ata Bandial, declared that the National Accountability Bureau had acted in violation of the law by arresting Khan on the premises of the Islamabad high court without permission and that such actions would have a “chilling effect”.by paramilitary troops on Tuesday as he entered the high court to face a corruption case.
Khan told the judge he was unaware of what was happening in the country. “I was caught as if I am a terrorist. How am I responsible for the protests?”he said to the judge, adding:“We only want elections in the country.” , and he has regularly mobilised protests across the country to demand early general elections and the military’s removal from politics.
In the city of Peshawar, seven people were killed and dozens were injured after clashes broke out between protesters and police. One person died from smoke inhalation after a building was set ablaze in Lahore, and another was shot near a military checkpoint in the city of Quetta.
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