Imran Khan questioned on graft charges

Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan was questioned by an anti-graft agency on corruption charges, his lawyer said yesterday, less than a week after he rejected a summons to appear and denounced allegations against him.

"He has joined investigation," said his lawyer, Faisal Chaudhry, referring to his questioning by officials of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). His wife, who also faces graft charges, had joined him but only Khan had been questioned as of early yesterday afternoon.

Khan also got a major relief yesterday when an anti-terrorism court granted him bail till June 8 in cases related to violence at the Judicial Complex in March.