Article 6BM9B Former PM Imran Khan appears before judge amid uproar in Pakistan

Former PM Imran Khan appears before judge amid uproar in Pakistan

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Shah Meer Baloch in Islamabad and Hannah Ellis-Pet
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At least five people have died and 84 have been injured as protests spread across country and army deployed

Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan has been presented before a judge at a police station in Islamabad, 24 hours after his arrest by scores of paramilitary officers that led to countrywide uproar.

Khan was also indicted on Wednesday by the Islamabad high court in a separate corruption case in which he is accused of selling millions of dollars worth of state gifts presented by the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman.

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