STORY: Khan arrived in his residence within the jap metropolis of Lahore early on Saturday (Might 13), as rejoiced supporters showered his automotive with rose petals and set off fireworks.
The court docket ordered Khan be launched on bail for 2 weeks, his lawyer mentioned on Friday, after his arrest in a land fraud case ignited lethal protests and a tussle with the army.
The arrest, which the Supreme Court docket dominated “invalid and illegal” a day earlier, has fuelled instability within the nation of 220 million at a time of financial disaster, with file inflation, anaemic development and delayed IMF funding.
The 70-year-old cricket hero-turned-politician was ousted as prime minister in April 2022 in a parliamentary no-confidence vote and is Pakistan’s hottest chief in line with opinion polls.