Criticism of all-powerful military by previous cricket star makes position even more precarious Supporters of previous prime minister Imran stand nextto burning tires as they block a roadway throughout a demonstration versus his arrest, in Hyderabad on Tuesday. (Photo: AFP ISLAMABAD: Protests emerged throughout Pakistan on Tuesday after previous prime minister Imran Khan was jailed throughout a court look in the capital for one of lots of cases pending consideringthat he was ousted last year. His arrest follows months of political crisis and comes hours after the effective military rebuked the previous global cricketer for declaring a senior officer hadactually been included in a plot to kill him. Police fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse Khan advocates in Karachi and Lahore, while protesters obstructed roadways in the capital Islamabad, neighbouring Rawalpindi, and Peshawar. “Imran Khan hasactually been apprehended in the Qadir Trust case,” the authorities Islamabad authorities Twitter account stated, referring to a graft case. Video broadcast on regional TELEVISION channels revealed Khan — who has a noticable limp giventhat being shot throughout an assassination effort last year — being manhandled by lots of paramilitary rangers into an armoured carsandtruck inside the Islamabad High Court properties. “As we reached the court’s biometric space to mark the participation, lots of rangers assaulted us,” stated Ali Bukhari, a legalrepresentative with Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) celebration. “They beat him and dragged him out,” he informed AFP. It was not rightaway clear where he was taken. Khan’s arrest comes a day after the military alerted him versus making “baseless accusations” after he onceagain implicated a senior officer of outlining to kill him. The rebuke late Monday highlighted how far Khan’s relations have shabby with the military, which backed his increase to power in 2018 however withdrew its suppor
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