Ex-Pakistan PM gets bail extended again

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan's bail on corruption charges was extended again yesterday, after he urged supporters to take to the streets if he is re-arrested.

Khan's brief detention last month on graft charges sparked days of deadly violence as his followers rampaged through cities, setting fire to buildings and clashing with police.

He was freed from custody after the Supreme Court declared the arrest illegal, but he says the government still plans to detain him to quash his momentum ahead of elections due by October.

"They believe that people will sit as silent spectators when they put me in jail," the 70-year-old said in a live-streamed address late Sunday night.

"Death is much better than subjugation. Make up your minds against fear. You have to stand up, peaceful protest is your right," he said.

Yesterday, a special corruption court in Islamabad extended bail for Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi until July 4. He was also bailed in 15 other cases before three courts, said a member of his legal team.