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Thu 11 Nov 2007Khan arrested as he tries to rouse studentsPakistan:Imran Khan, cricketer turned opposition firebrand, was imprisoned yesterday under Pakistan's draconian anti-terror laws, silencing another prominent critic as the emergency rule crisis deepened.His arrest came as the military ruler, Gen Pervez Musharraf, defended the crackdown, in which at least 5,000 people have been detained, saying he expected to step down as army chief by the end of November.