Pakistan court remands ex-PM Imran Khan for eight days
By DW
10 May 2023 |
3:06 pm
A Pakistani court has indicted the country's former Prime Minister Imran Khan for unlawfully selling state gifts during his premiership. Violence has spread across Pakistani cities since Khan's arrest on Tuesday.
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