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Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan can be held for questioning for eight days, a court ruled Wednesday, a day after the country's popular opposition leader was dragged from a courtroom and arrested, reports AP.
His detention set off clashes between his supporters and police Tuesday, leaving at least four people dead.
On Wednesday, angry protesters stormed and set fire to a building housing Radio Pakistan in the northwest.
The 70-year-old politician lost power last year but remains the country's most popular opposition figure. He is the seventh former prime minister to be arrested in Pakistan. His dramatic arrest on Tuesday deepened the political turmoil.
Imran Khan has been arrested during a court appearance in capital Islamabad.
After being removed from his position as Prime Minister through a no-confidence vote in April of the previous year, Imran Khan has been linked to more than one hundred incidents.
He believes that the US-led conspiracy was aimed at him because of his independent foreign policy decisions regarding Russia, China, and Afghanistan.
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