Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi appeared in the Lahore high court for protective bail.
Security officials held up large white sheets to protect the couple as they entered a packed courtroom.
A two-member bench led by Justice Shehbaz Rizvi conducted hearing of the case.
The court barred the National Accountability Bureau from arresting Bushra Bibi till May 23 in the Al-Qadir Trust case.
IMAGE: Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi are covered with a white sheet as they arrive to appear at the high court in Lahore, May 15, 2023. Photograph: Mohsin Raza/Reuters
IMAGE: Members of the media film the vehicle carrying Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi as they arrive to appear at the high court in Lahore. Photograph: Mohsin Raza/Reuters
IMAGE: Fazal-ur-Rehman, president of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazal and leader of the Pakistan Democratic Movement, and Maryam Nawaz Sharif, former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif's daughter, attend a protest in front of the supreme court of Pakistan in Islamabad, May 15, 2023, to protest against the granting of bail to Imran Khan. Photograph: Akhtar Soomro/Reuters
IMAGE: Supporters of gthe Pakistan Democratic Movement, a coalition of political parties, gather in front of the supreme court of Pakistan to protest against the granting of bail to Imran Khan, here and below.Photograph: Akhtar Soomro/Reuters
Photograph: Akhtar Soomro/Reuters
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