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FOUND: Imran khan former pakistan prime minister arrested in islamabad - What They Never Told You

Supporters carry placards displaying a portrait of Imran Khan during a protest in Karachi on March 19, 2023, demanding release of arrested party workers in recent police clashes. (Rizwan Tabassum/AFP via Getty Images)

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.

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