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Pakistan's top court declares arrest of ex-PM Imran Khan 'invalid'

The former prime minister's arrest on Tuesday sparked angry protests across the country. © Akhtar Soomro, Reuters

Pakistan's Supreme Court declared on Thursday the arrest of former prime minister Imran Khan "invalid", two days after his detention sparked deadly clashes and huge protests nationwide.

"Your arrest was invalid so the whole process needs to be backtracked," Pakistan's top judge Umar Ata Bandial told Khan, who has been in custody since Tuesday.

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