Pakistan: army deployed across country as unrest triggered by Imran Khan arrest continues

Supporters have vowed to stay on streets until former PM is released while two more leaders from his party have been detained

Violence continued to erupt in Pakistan after the arrest of former prime minister Imran Khan, with the death toll rising to eight and the military deployed across the country.

Overnight, two more leaders from Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party were arrested. PTI spokesperson Fawad Chaudhry was arrested late on Wednesday night, despite having obtained protective bail from the courts, and early on Thursday Shah Mahmood Qureshi, who served as foreign minister in Khan’s cabinet, was picked up by police. PTI’s former finance minister, Asad Umar, was also arrested on Wednesday.