Court in Pakistan bars police from arresting ex-premier Khan

Ex-Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan (Rahmat Gul/AP)

A court in Pakistan has extended former premier Imran Khan’s protection from arrest through to the end of the month, officials said, after police filed terrorism charges against the country’s popular opposition leader.

The court protected Mr Khan from arrest until September 1 over accusations that during a speech over the weekend, he threatened police officers and a female judge.