Pakistan’s Imran Khan says he won’t join corruption probe

Pakistan’s powerful anti-corruption agency has summoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan for questioning on Thursday into the graft charges that led to his arrest on May 9.
A spokesman for the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), which has in the past investigated, put on trial and jailed all those who served as prime minister since 2008, said Khan was expected at the agency’s Rawalpindi headquarters, near Islamabad.
It was not clear if Khan, who denies the charges, would heed the summons. A spokesman for Khan’s party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, was not immediately available for a comment.
Khan’s May 9 arrest by paramilitary troops triggered a wave of violence that deepened political instability in the South Asian nation of 220 million. Pakistan has also been facing its worst ever economic crisis, with a long delay in securing critical IMF funding.
The Supreme Court ordered Khan’s release on bail last Friday, and another court on Wednesday extended his protective bail until May 31.