Imran Khan given bail in corruption case but must stay in prison in Pakistan

Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi speaking to the media at an office of Lahore High Court in Lahore, Pakistan, in 2023 (KM Chaudary/AP)

A Pakistani court granted bail on Wednesday to former prime minister Imran Khan in a corruption case, his lawyer said, but with a number of other charges pending against him, the opposition leader is staying behind bars.

The order by a superior court in the capital, Islamabad, was a boost for Khan in the case in which he is accused, along with his wife, Bushra Bibi, of keeping and selling state gifts in violation of government rules when he was in power.