Supporters of former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan clashed repeatedly with police as he remained holed up in his Lahore residence Wednesday, defying attempts to arrest him.
Khan was ousted from office by a no-confidence vote last year, and has been snarled in a series of legal cases as he campaigns for early elections and a return to office.
Khan issued a video shortly before dawn, sitting in front of Pakistan and PTI flags at a desk decorated with spent teargas canisters."They will teargas our people and do other such things, but you should know that they have no justification to do so." A PTI official tweeted that there was"an urgent need" for first aid kits at the Zaman Park neighbourhood.
It is the second time in recent weeks that police have been sent from the capital Islamabad to Khan's home in the eastern city of Lahore to serve an arrest warrant after he skipped several court dates linked to a corruption case citing security concerns. One senior PTI official said the Islamabad High Court would meet Wednesday to hear a petition to prevent Khan's arrest, which could defuse the situation.Supporters of former prime minister Imran Khan try to stop riot police from getting near his house in Lahore, eastern PakistanKhan, 70, has been summoned to court to answer accusations he did not declare gifts received during his time as prime minister, or the profit made from selling them.
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