ISLAMABAD, May 12 (NNN-APP) – The Supreme Court of Pakistan, last night ordered police to immediately release former Prime Minister, Imran Khan, who was arrested on May 9, on charges of corruption and corrupt practices.
The verdict was given on a plea of Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, saying the arrest was illegal as it was made at the premises of the Islamabad High Court (IHC), when Khan was seeking protective bail.
The three-member bench of the supreme court, headed by the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Umar Ata Bandial, ordered the immediate release of the PTI chairman, and said, he could reapply for protective bail today.
The court directed the Islamabad Police to keep Khan in a guest house at the police headquarters until then.
The court also directed the police to let the former prime minister meet with his family members, lawyers and friends, during his stay in the guest house.– NNN-APP
