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Islamabad, Pakistan - A Pakistani court has conceded a fourteen day bail to previous State head Imran Khan, who was captured on debasement accusations this week.
After Khan's arrest by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), an anti-corruption agency, on Thursday evening, the Supreme Court declared Khan's arrest “unlawful” and instructed authorities to present Khan before the Islamabad High Court on Friday. On Friday, a bench of two members of the Islamabad High Court granted Khan bail.
On Friday morning, Khan's bail plea in the Al-Qadir Trust case was supposed to be heard, but it was delayed for nearly four hours while he prayed.
Since his demise in a parliamentary no-confidence vote last year, the cricketer-turned-politician has been charged in more than 100 cases, including corruption, "terrorism," and blasphemy.
In the Al-Qadir Trust case, Khan and Bushra Bibi purchased land from Malik Riaz, a property tycoon, for their Al-Qadir University Trust to construct an educational institution. According to the NAB, Khan's PTI government agreed to a "quid pro quo" arrangement with Riaz in which it is accused of assisting Riaz in laundering more than $239 million and causing a loss to the national exchequer.
Khan told reporters on Tuesday that he had been "abducted" from the courthouse while he was waiting for his high court hearing to resume.
"I was sitting in the high court. They had not a really obvious explanation to capture me. I was kidnapped from here. Furthermore, when I was removed, really at that time I was shown the warrant for capture," the 70-year-old said.
“Is this the jungle's standard? I was also kidnapped by the military. The police are where? Where are the rules? It nearly seems like military regulation has been pronounced here," Khan said.
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Khan's capture started dangerous countrywide fights, which saw his allies battle with police and paramilitary powers. In a number of cities, enraged crowds stormed private and public buildings, including military facilities, and set many of them on fire.
Something like 11 individuals are accounted for to have been killed in the current week's fights and handfuls harmed. More than 2,500 people, including senior PTI leaders, have been detained, according to the authorities.
The government used the military to restore order in Islamabad, Punjab, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, both Khan's party strongholds.
To quell the protests, mobile internet access has been cut off for days across the nation, and social media platforms like YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram have been blocked on orders from the government.
State leader Shehbaz Sharif's administration on Thursday vowed to rearrest Khan assuming he was given alleviation by the Islamabad court.
"We will arrest him once more." “We will wait for the cancellation of bail and arrest him again if he gets bail from the high court tomorrow [Friday]," Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah stated to a private television channel.
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