Imran khan prime minister of pakistan

Policemen escort Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan as he arrives at the high court in Islamabad on Friday. Aamir Qureshi/AFP via Getty Images ISLAMABAD — A Pakistani court has granted former Prime Minister Imran Khan bail in multiple cases against him, allowing for his release following his dramatic arrest earlier this week. In one session on Friday, a two-judge bench of the Islamabad High Court granted two weeks' bail to Khan in a corruption case. It was that same case which led to Khan's arrest by paramilitary forces from the court itself. They smashed open an office to extricate him. In another session on Friday, a judge granted Khan bail until next Wednesday in a series of cases filed against him since his arrest on Tuesday. Khan's arrest has triggered protests across the country, including unprecedented civilian attacks on installations belonging to the police and army, the country's most powerful institution. Protesters broke down a gate leading to the army's main headquarters, and set fire to a corps commander's house in Lahore. Khan told reporters in the courtroom on Friday that he believed Pakistan's army chief was to blame for his troubles and said the chief was effectively ruling the country. "We are being run by one man — the army chief," Khan told NPR. He said he believed security forces would try arrest him to ensure his disqualification from elections, and alleged that there were plans to assassinate him. Khan was "They know that in any election — ...