Imran Khan accuses Pakistan’s military of ordering his arrest

Former PM claims after release from custody that army chief has personal grudge' and is behind crackdown on party

Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan has escalated his criticism of the country's powerful military, accusing the head of the army of harbouring a personal grudge" against him and ordering his arrest and a crackdown on his party.

It is personal. It's got nothing to do with national interest," Khan told the Guardian in an interview at his home in Lahore, after a dramatic week in which he was arrested at Islamabad's high court by almost 100 paramilitary officers on Tuesday and held in police custody, in connection with a land corruption case.