Pakistan's prime minister says authorities will go after those involved in violent protests following the detention of his predecessor, Imran Khan, including prosecution in anti-terrorism courts.
Supporters throw rose petals towards a vehicle carrying Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan to greet him upon his arrival at his home in Lahore, Pakistan, early Saturday, May 13, 2023. A high court in Islamabad on Friday granted Khan protection from arrest in a graft case and ordered him freed on bail.
Khan returned to his home in the eastern city of Lahore early Saturday, after a court agreed to shield him from renewed arrest for two weeks. The 70-year-old former cricket star, who was toppled by parliament a year ago, delivered a speech from his home later Saturday. Sharif on Saturday vowed to go after those involved in setting on fire the residence of the military’s corps commander in Lahore.
On the day of Khan’s arrest, protests were held at several places across the country that also witnessed violence. In Rawalpindi’s garrison city, baton-wielding protesters broke into the main gate of the military’s general headquarters. Khan has a broad base of support around Pakistan. He presents himself as an outsider victimized by the military and the political dynasties that have long run the country. Opponents, meanwhile, call him a corrupt demagogue stirring his followers into violence.
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