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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Shah Meer Baloch in Islamabad and Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi

Former PM Imran Khan appears before judge amid uproar in Pakistan

Black smoke billows from a street installation set alight during a protest by Tehreek-e-Insaf activists in Peshawar.
Black smoke billows from a street installation set alight during a protest by Tehreek-e-Insaf activists in Peshawar. Photograph: Abdul Majeed/AFP/Getty Images

Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan has been presented before a judge at a police station in Islamabad, 24 hours after his arrest by scores of paramilitary officers that led to countrywide uproar.

Khan was also indicted on Wednesday by the Islamabad high court in a separate corruption case in which he is accused of selling millions of dollars worth of state gifts presented by the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman.

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