NEW DELHI, May 12\u00a0(NNN-Bernama) — Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Thursday ordered former prime minister Imran Khan’s immediate release after calling his arrest by a paramilitary force from the Islamabad High Court premises on Tuesday illegal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A three-member bench of the top court headed by chief justice Umar Ata Bandial had ordered the police to bring Imran to the court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The manner in which the arrest was conducted cannot be tolerated,” judge Athar Minallah said, according to a local media report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The former prime minister’s lawyers said he was manhandled during the arrest on Tuesday and ill-treated while in custody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His arrest by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in a graft case sparked a civil unrest, with his supporters calling the action as part of a political vendetta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
About 2,500 people, including senior leaders of Imran’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), have been arrested since then as the government tries to quell the protests with the army’s help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Imran urged his supporters to remain peaceful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We only want elections in the country,” he said at the court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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