UN group demands release of ex-Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan

Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan (KM Chaudary/AP)

A United Nations human rights working group on Monday called for the immediate release of Pakistan’s imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan, saying he had been detained “arbitrarily in violation of international laws”.

The Geneva-based United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention made this demand after examining Khan’s case in which he was sentenced last year on charges of corruption.