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Abid Hussain

Pakistan’s Imran Khan charged: Will he be jailed?

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's supporters gather in Rawalpindi on Sunday to protest Imran Khan's removal from government [Sohail Shahzad/EPA-EFE]

Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan’s political temperature shot up another notch when former Prime Minister Imran Khan was charged by police under anti-terrorism laws after making accusatory comments during a public rally.

While he has not responded to the charges himself, his lawyers appealed for pre-arrest bail on Monday at the Islamabad High Court, which granted Khan protective bail until Thursday, when he is likely to appear before an anti-terrorism court in the capital.

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