A Pakistani court ordered former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s release on bail for two weeks.
Khan departed the court premises, headed towards his hometown Lahore, amidst high security.
The arrest, which the Supreme Court ruled “invalid and unlawful” a day earlier, has fueled instability in the nation of 220 million at a time ofKhan welcomed the court’s order and said the judiciary was Pakistan’s only protection against the “law of the jungle”. Khan added, in answer to questions, that he did not believe the country’s security agencies were against him, but he suggested that the position of army chief was all-powerful.REUTERS
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