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Global News Podcast

Court rules Imran Khan to be released from custody in Pakistan

Global News Podcast

BBC

News, Daily News

4.38.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Supreme Court said his arrest on corruption charges was illegal. Also: Elon Musk says he has found a new chief executive to lead Twitter, and a YouTuber admits to crashing a plane on purpose.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

0:04.4

I'm Nick Miles and at 13 hours GMT on Friday 12th of May, these are our main stories.

0:09.6

A court in Pakistan has ordered the release of the opposition leader Imran Khan on bail

0:15.4

days after his detention sparked major unrest. Elon Musk says Twitter has a new chief executive,

0:22.4

but won't say who she is. We examine claims from the UN that Marley and troops and foreign

0:28.0

military personnel killed more than 500 people in an attack.

0:34.0

Also in this podcast, the dangers of being a political dissident in Laos,

0:39.0

New York City bans discrimination on the grounds of weight or height and

0:44.2

all the things I could have done that day, all the parties I could have gone to, but I chose

0:49.4

to attend the coronation and I got to see none of it.

0:53.5

Court up among protesters, a royal fan, says she was detained for being an innocent bystander at the

1:00.0

coronation. We start in Pakistan where Islamabad's high court has ordered the release of Imran Khan

1:08.8

who was arrested earlier this week. The former Prime Minister was granted two weeks

1:13.2

protected bail after appearing in court related to a corruption case and other charges.

1:18.8

Our correspondent Caroline Davis has just sent this report from inside the court complex.

1:23.7

In a dramatic intervention, the high court in Islamabad gave Imran Khan two weeks bail on the

1:28.7

very case he'd been arrested for on Tuesday from this court complex. A judge also allowed

1:34.4

bail until next Wednesday on all cases registered against the former Prime Minister while he was in

1:39.2

police custody. That stands within Islamabad. It's not clear whether Mr Khan could be arrested

1:44.4

if he left the capital. Imran Khan was defiant in court saying he'd been treated as a terrorist.

1:49.6

His opponent say he's been using his supporters to avoid the law. When asked whether he would tell

1:54.4

his supporters to stop any violent attacks, Mr Khan said he'd always call for peaceful protests

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