{"id":55088,"date":"2023-05-14T02:13:51","date_gmt":"2023-05-13T17:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/may\/13\/pakistan-democracy-imran-khan-return-home-arrest"},"modified":"2023-05-14T02:13:51","modified_gmt":"2023-05-13T17:13:51","slug":"pakistans-democracy-hangs-by-a-thread-says-imran-khan-on-return-home-after-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=55088","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Pakistan\u2019s democracy hangs by a thread,\u2019 says Imran Khan on return home after arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former prime minister steps up attacks on country\u2019s military leaders as ministers plan to rearrest him<\/p>\n<p>The crowds gathered peacefully, jostling outside the home of the man they call the \u201csaviour of Pakistan\u201d, hoping for a glimpse. Two days earlier, these same streets in the city of Lahore had resembled a warzone as tens of thousands of protesters violently took to the streets, ransacking buildings, burning cars, throwing petrol bombs and clashing with police, with several dying from gunshot wounds.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, however, there was calm. Late the previous night, former prime minister Imran Khan had finally returned to his home, following some of the most tumultuous days in the country\u2019s recent history which saw him arrested on Islamabad high court premises by 100 paramilitary officers. He was detained for two days but then, to the surprise of many observers, was granted bail and allowed to walk free after his arrest was declared illegal by Pakistan\u2019s supreme court. With Khan released, the violence eased.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/may\/13\/pakistan-democracy-imran-khan-return-home-arrest\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former prime minister steps up attacks on country\u2019s military leaders as ministers plan to rearrest himThe crowds gathered peacefully, jostling outside the home of the man they call the \u201csaviour of Pakistan\u201d, hoping for a glimpse. Two days earlier, thes&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3727,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[359,60,61,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-imran-khan","category-pakistan","category-south-and-central-asia","category-world-news"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3727"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55088"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55097,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55088\/revisions\/55097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}