Police try to arrest former PM Imran Khan as Pakistan braces for protests
LAHORE – Pakistani police said former premier Imran Khan was evading arrest at his residence in Lahore after a court order while his close aides warned of a standoff between security forces and his supporters at the scene.and his arrest could bring them to the streets, posing a major distraction for Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s government that’s racing to secure bailout loans from the International Monetary Fund as the country teeters on the edge of bankruptcy.
A police team arrived at Mr Khan’s private residence to arrest him on Sunday and present him before a court but he wasn’t immediately found, police officials said. An official from Mr Khan’s Tehreek-e-Insaf party said the former cricket star was still at his residence, which was surrounded with tents put up by supporters in the past few months to defend their leader in the event of an arrest. Party leaders are taking to social media to urge supporters to gather at Mr Khan’s home.
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