A Pakistani court orders police to postpone arrest of Imran Khan for another day
A lower court in Islamabad had issued a warrant against former international cricketer Khan for defying orders to present himself in court.
Khan's aide Fawad Chaudhry said the Lahore high court had extended an order to halt the police operation until Friday. The state information minister, Amir Mir, confirmed the court order. The violence, in which protesters torched police vehicles, a water-cannon truck and scores of cars and motorcycles and hurled petrol bombs at security forces firing tear gas and rubber bullets, subsided after the high court halted the police operation on Wednesday.
The National Election Commission had found him guilty and barred Khan from holding public office for one parliamentary term.
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