have left the party, many of his senior leadership and many of his supporters have also been arrested and imprisoned because of their alleged involvement in these protest that happened after the 9th of may so the question is how will pakistan react now, has the crackdown stopped people from wanting to come out onto the streets, will be seek a similar reaction or not? you mentioned the pakistan government, the pakistan parliament is due to dissolve next week on the 9th of august. and that means they will hand over to a caretaker government that will be in power until the elections. this is taking place against the backdrop of the elections, this is why it is such a contentious and difficult time and we wait to see what the reaction in pakistan will be to the arrest of imran khan. arrest of imran khan. caroline, thank yom arrest of imran khan. caroline, thank you. the arrest of imran khan. caroline, thank you. the stain arrest of imran khan. caroline, thank you. the stain with - a
multiple cases have been filed against mr khan in the last 16 months. in may, he was detained for not appearing at court as requested but was subsequently released after the arrest was declared illegal. since then, his party has been under intense pressure from the authorities with many senior officials leaving and thousands of supporters arrested, accused of being involved in the protests that followed imran khan s arrest. the pakistan parliament will dissolve on 9th august and a caretaker government will take over in the run up to the elections. no election date has been announced, though constitutionally they should take place by early november. live now to islamabad where we can
since then his party has been under intense pressure from the authorities with many senior officials leaving and thousands of supporters arrested, accused of being involved in the protests that followed imran khan s arrest. the pakistan parliament will dissolve on 9th august and a caretaker government will take over in the run up to the elections. no election date has been announced, though constitutionally they should take place by early november. the bbc s tarhub asghar is in zaman park, the area of imran khan s home in lahore, where the former prime minister was arrested. right now, if you see the situation, there is heavy deployment of police and not only this, during his arrest there was heavy deployment at that time, too.
since then his party has been under intense pressure from the authorities with many senior officials leaving and thousands of supporters arrested, accused of being involved in the protests that followed imran khan s arrest. the pakistan parliament will dissolve on 9th august and a caretaker government will take over in the run up to the elections. no election date has been announced, though constitutionally they should take place by early november. live now to our pakistan correspondent caroline davies who s outside the court in islamabad. caroline, i wonder if you could confirm or update the details that i have just read out? have “ust read out? yes, we have also have just read out? yes, we have also had confirmation have just read out? yes, we have also had confirmation that - have just read out? yes, we have also had confirmation that imran| also had confirmation that imran khan has been arrested, he was at
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