The lawyer for Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan says he has been granted bail in a graft case but with a slew of other charges pending against him, the opposition leader is staying behind bars.

A court in Pakistan granted bail to jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan in a case relating to the illegal sale of state gifts, his party said on Wednesday.

It has not yet been confirmed if the embattled politician will be released from jail given he faces other cases too, including one accusing him of inciting violence against the state.

The chances for the release of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan vanished after he was arrested in a protest case hours after getting bail in a case of alleged corruption, a media report said on Thursday.

Pakistani authorities have banned gatherings of five or more people in the capital ahead of a planned march by supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan.

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, currently imprisoned in Rawalpindi's high-security Adiala Jail, faced a setback on Wednesday (20 November) as he was arrested in a new case just hours after being granted bail in the Toshakhana corruption case.

A Pakistani court granted bail to former Prime Minister Imran Khan in a case where he is accused of hiding income but he won’t be freed from jail as he is under arrest in other cases.

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday granted bail to former Prime Minister Imran Khan in the Toshakhana case even as the government ruled out his release due to bails pending in other cases against him,

A court in Pakistan granted bail to former Prime Minister Imran Khan in the state gifts case, broadcaster Geo News reported on Wednesday. Your trusted source for the latest news delivered weekdays from the team at U.