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Police file terrorism charges against Pakistan's Khan, intensifying political tensions

Pakistani opposition leader Imran Khan, center, addresses his party supporters during a rally to press government for fresh elections, in Lahore, Pakistan, August 13, 2022. © K.M. Chaudary, AP

Pakistani police have filed terrorism charges against former Prime Minister Imran Khan, authorities said Monday, escalating political tensions in the country as he holds mass rallies seeking to return to office.

The terrorism charges come over a speech Khan gave in Islamabad in which he vowed to sue police officers and a female judge and alleged that a close aide had been tortured after his arrest.

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