Imran Khan Will get Court docket Reduction After Stand-Off With Cops, No Arrest For Now

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Police fought pitched battles with Imran Khan's supporters immediately.

Lahore:

A Lahore courtroom ordered Pakistan police to halt their operation to arrest former prime minister Imran Khan until 10 am tomorrow. The order got here after police fought pitched battles with Mr Khan's supporters immediately exterior his home in Lahore, firing fusillades of teargas and dodging rocks thrown by indignant crowds.

Water cannons and rounds of tear fuel have been additionally fired at his supporters as groups of riot police tried to push Mr Khan's supporters away from his house, tv footage confirmed.

Teams of police have been seen working in disarray from the path of the home immediately afternoon.

"The police and rangers despatched to hurt Imran Khan have been pushed again by the individuals," his official Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) occasion tweeted, together with video of supporters celebrating exterior his home.

One other video confirmed Imran Khan come out of his residence, in a masks, to satisfy occasion employees and his supporters.

The 70-year-old politician, additionally a cricket legend, is needed within the Toshakhana corruption case. Final yr, he was discovered responsible of illegally promoting items he acquired from overseas dignitaries throughout his time period as prime minister. An arrest warrant was issued towards Mr Khan after he skipped summons.

An identical drama performed out earlier this month when police circled his non-public residence within the central metropolis of Lahore, with a warrant in hand for a similar case however have been unable to arrest him.

Mr Khan alleges that the transfer to arrest him is a part of the "London plan" and is geared toward silencing his demand for early elections. "That is a part of the London plan and an settlement has been signed there to place Imran in jail, make the PTI fall and end all instances towards Nawaz Sharif," he has mentioned.

Following his ouster as prime minister final yr, Imran Khan has been demanding snap polls. The demand has been rejected by his successor Shehbaz Sharif.

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