The political turmoil comes as Pakistan continues to be mired in an economic crisis. It is not immediately clear when Khan, who faces multiple corruption charges in Pakistani courts, will be allowed to return home. They said that Khan would remain under the Supreme Court's custody and he is now allowed to meet his family and a limited number of friends. Outside the Supreme Court on Thursday, Khan's lawyers told reporters that the former prime minister will still need to appear at the Islamabad High Court Friday morning to complete the hearing that was abruptly interrupted on Tuesday. Other party leaders have been arrested this week as well. But Pakistan's Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said Khan was arrested in relation to a case filed in Pakistan's anti-corruption court, which Khan had not attended.
Khan's Tehreek-e-Insaaf party called his arrest an "abduction" and vowed to challenge it. Police said on Thursday that at least 10 people had died and 2,000 had been arrested.
Others, in rare defiance, publicly questioned the military's role in the day-to-day running of the country.Īmid the chaos, the military accused what it called "evil elements" of inciting attacks against security installations and accused protesters of wanting to push Pakistan into "a civil war." On Wednesday night, some protesters tried to set a police station ablaze in the capital, Islamabad. Since his detention, violent clashes have erupted across several major Pakistani cities, where pro-Khan supporters denounced the powerful army. The chief justice urged Khan to appeal to his supporters to remain peaceful. Khan was arrested on Tuesday, accused of corruption.Īnnouncing the Supreme Court decision on Thursday, Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial told Khan that his arrest was "invalid, therefore the whole process needs to be backtracked." The announcement came a day after a court announced that Khan can be held for eight days. On March 2, the apex court had asked Sebi to investigate any violations of securities law by the Adani Group in the wake of the Hindenburg report, which led to a massive wipe-out of more than $140 billion of the Adani Group's market value.Pakistan's Supreme Court has ruled that former Prime Minister Imran Khan's arrest earlier this week was illegal and that he should be released immediately. It said investigations were conducted against 51 Indian listed companies, out of which none were Adani's listed companies. The market regulator said that is has not been investigating Adani companies since 2016, and that the allegations are baseless. "(An) analysis would have to be conducted on the documents received from various sources before conclusive findings can be arrived at," Reuters suggested Sebi as saying. The first such request, the SEBI said, was made as early as October 6, 2020, it noted Sebi told the SC that the group's transactions highlighted by Hindenburg for violating Indian laws are highly complex and have many sub-transactions across numerous jurisdictions. The group market capitalisation (m-cap) fell Rs 21,227 crore to Rs 9,44,910 crore from Rs 9,66,138 crore a day ago.Īs per a Reuters report, Sebi told SC that any incorrect or premature conclusion of its probe into possible lapses of regulatory disclosures by billionaire Gautam Adani's eponymous group will not serve the interest of justice and will be legally untenable.
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