This blog is now closed. Thank you for joining us. These were the updates on Pakistan’s political turmoil on Tuesday, May 9.
This blog is now closed. Thank you for joining us. These were the updates on Pakistan’s political turmoil on Tuesday, May 9.
- Ex-PM Imran Khan arrested as he appeared in a court in the capital, Islamabad, to face corruption allegations.
- Video of the arrest shared by Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party showed security forces in riot-control gear whisking the 70-year-old away in a van.
- Protests erupt across Pakistan after Khan’s arrest; at least one person killed.
- Since his removal from power last year, Khan has been slapped with dozens of charges, which he denies and says are politically motivated.
- “Imran Khan has been arrested in the Qadir Trust case,” the Islamabad police said on its official Twitter account, referring to a corruption case.