Pakistani police and supporters of Imran Khan fought pitched battles outside the former prime minister’s home in the eastern city of Lahore, injuring several on both sides, ahead of his possible arrest, a government spokesman and witnesses said. | Reuters
Khan called on his supporters to stand up for the supremacy of law and fight for true independence.
The workers started pelting the police with stones and bricks, and in response police directed a water cannon at them and in some cases baton charged them, he said.Live TV footage showed the supporters also using sling-shots and attacking the police with bricks and sticks. The court in Islamabad had issued the arrest warrant in a case against Khan for unlawfully selling state gifts while in power from 2018 to 2022, his aide Fawad Chaudhry told Reuters.
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