Sometimes, it seems that Imran Khan may just be singularly blessed. Within three days of the former prime minister being unceremoniously bundled out of the Islamabad High Court by a large contingent of the Punjab Rangers, a three-member bench of the Supreme Court headed by the chief justice yesterday deemed his arrest unlawful and took him into its own custody.

He was ordered to be sequestered for the night in Islamabad’s Police Lines Guest House and to appear before the IHC today, where he had earlier hoped to file a bail petition in the Al-Qadir Trust case before being arrested while he was still completing his biometric verification.

The government and Islamabad Police were further ordered to ensure Mr Khan’s security during his ‘stay’ at the guest house, and the court also instructed that he not be considered a ‘prisoner’ during this period.

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