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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Munir Ahmed

Pakistan's Imran Khan gets bail in a graft case but with more cases pending, he is staying in prison

Pakistan Politics - (Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

A Pakistani court granted bail Wednesday to former Prime Minister Imran Khan in a graft case, his lawyer said. But with a slew of other charges pending against him, the opposition leader is staying in prison.

Still, the order by a superior court in the capital, Islamabad, was a boost for Khan in the case in which he is accused, along with his wife, Bushra Bibi, of keeping and selling state gifts in violation of government rules when he was in power.

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