THE TELEGRAPH: Imran Khan, the Pakistani opposition leader and former cricketer, was facing terrorism charges yesterday after being arrested in a crackdown on rivals by President Pervez Musharraf.
Mr Khan, who had been in hiding since escaping from house arrest a day after Gen Musharraf declared emergency rule, appeared at a student demonstration in Lahore. He was promptly detained by hardline students and handed over to police, the authorities said.
A senior police official said that Mr Khan, the leader of a small opposition party, would be charged under the Anti-Terrorism Act.
Jemima Khan, his former wife, said the arrest was one more sign that Gen Musharraf had "become one of Pakistan's most brutal and oppressive dictators ever".
The president, meanwhile, set himself on a collision course with the United States by defying demands to lift a state of emergency before holding a general election.
Gen Musharraf, increasingly isolated and reduced to taking a series of autocratic measures to maintain his grip on power, indicated that emergency rule might continue for months. Imran Khan faces terror charges after arrest (more) By Isambard Wilkinson
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