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ISLAMABAD, May 12 (PTI) Prime Minister Sheikh Baz Sharif on Friday challenged the relief granted to his “Radra” Imran Khan by the Supreme Court, saying its “double standards” led to the death of Pakistani justice.
Khan was relieved Thursday when Pakistan’s Supreme Court declared Khan’s dramatic arrest “illegal” and “null and void” and ordered his immediate release before he was brought before a judge.
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Khan, 70, was arrested outside the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday and on Wednesday, an accountability court handed him over to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), where he was remanded for eight days in connection with the Al-Qadir Trust corruption case.
Responding to the Supreme Court’s relief against Pakistan’s Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Khan, Sharif said it was nothing but NRO.
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“When he (Imran) appeared in court yesterday, the CJP said it was a pleasure to meet you. And, he said that in a corruption case,” he said.
“If you want to keep pampering this ladla (pamper), then you should also release all the imprisoned bandits in the country. Make it free for all,” he said in a speech to the federal cabinet on Friday.
He asked why such clemency had not been granted to his brother and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and other members of the federal coalition who were arrested when Khan was prime minister.
“No one talks to Nawaz about the injustice he suffered. This double standard has led to the death of justice in Pakistan,” Dawn quoted him as saying.
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday granted bail to PTI chairman Khan for two weeks in the Al-Qadir Trust case.
Khan’s arrest on Tuesday sparked widespread protests across Pakistan, prompting the government to deploy troops in the capital as well as in the provinces of Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan. Violent protests left at least eight people dead.
On Thursday, a trio of Supreme Court justices comprising Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar and Justice Athar Minallah ordered his immediate release.
Khan faces more than 120 cases across the country, including charges of treason and blasphemy as well as inciting violence and terrorism.
He was ousted in April after losing a no-confidence vote in his own leadership, which he claimed was part of a US-led plot against him because his foreign policy decisions on Russia, China and Afghanistan were independent of.
He is the only Pakistani prime minister to be ousted in a vote of no confidence in parliament.
(This is an unedited and auto-generated story from a Syndicated News feed, the content body may not have been modified or edited by LatestLY staff)
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