
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan's paramilitary forces have arrested former Prime Minister Imran Khan in the capital Islamabad, in a move that threatens to escalate political tensions at a time of economic distress in the country.
Khan was in an Islamabad courthouse on Tuesday to attend a session of one of the dozens of cases he is embroiled in. Footage shared by the media team of Khan's party showed khaki-clad men breaking a window with their batons to extricate the former prime minister, who was in a room designated to check biometric details.