Pakistan's ex-PM Imran Khan granted bail for two weeks

What you need to know after days of violent protests and complex legal maneuvers

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Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan, pictured in Lahore in March, has been granted two weeks of bail after being arrested in a graft case. © Reuters

ADNAN AAMIR, Contributing writer

ISLAMABAD -- The Islamabad High Court on Friday granted former Prime Minister Imran Khan bail for two weeks, capping a week in which the opposition leader's arrest unleashed chaos across Pakistan.

Khan, who faces a raft of charges, had been hauled out of the same court and into custody on Tuesday over a graft case. His detention sparked huge protests by his supporters that prompted the government to call in the army. Then, in a stunning reversal on Thursday night, the Supreme Court ruled that Khan's arrest was illegal.

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