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Imran Khan, Pakistan's former prime minister, is arrested in Islamabad

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party activists and supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan block a road during a protest against the arrest of their leader in Hyderabad, Pakistan, on Tuesday. (Akram Shahid/AFP via Getty Images)

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan's paramilitary forces arrested former Prime Minister Imran Khan inside a courthouse in the capital Islamabad on Tuesday. The move has escalated political tensions at a time of economic distress in the country.

Khan's arrest triggered rare pushback against the military, the country's most powerful institution.

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