Pakistan – Opposition protests over former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s arrest likely to continue in coming days

Authorities will disperse gatherings in major cities like Islamabad and Lahore, citing prohibitory orders, raising incidental risks of violence to bystanders

Paramilitary forces arrest former Prime Minister Imran Khan on his arrival at the Islamabad High Court. Khan came to court to seek bail in two cases. Media reports indicate that the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) pushed for Khan’s arrest in connection with a different case. (9 May)
Khan’s opposition Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) party releases a pre-recorded video of Khan, calling for nationwide protests should he be apprehended. (9 May)
Khan once again alleges that a senior Inter-Services Intelligence officer, Faisal Naseer, was involved in an assassination attempt against him as well as the alleged murder of a prominent journalist. Khan first implicated Naseer, alongside Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah, and the prime minister, in November last year. (6 May)
The public relations wing of the armed forces says the allegations against Naseer are “highly irresponsible and baseless”. (8 May)