A Pakistani court in the eastern city of Lahore on Monday granted bail until May 23 to former Prime Minister Imran Khan's wife in a graft case, a lawyer in their legal team said.
Khan was arrested by the country's anti-graft agency last week in the same case, prompting violent protests across the country, which is already reeling from a crippling economic crisis. He wasKhan's wife, Bushra Bibi, was co-accused along with Khan in the case, which pertained to the allegedin the setting-up of Al Qadir University of which the former premier and his spouse are trustees.
Khan, who accompanied his wife to the Lahore High Court, had earlier on Monday expressed fears that the government was planning to arrest his wife as part of what he says is a campaign against him. Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The government denies being behind the case and says the anti-graft agency,The case is one of more than 100 registered against the embattled Khan since he was ousted from power last year in a parliamentary vote having serving less than four of his five-year term.
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