Imran Khan’s supporters outside his Lahore home (AFP)
New Delhi/Lahore:
The supporters of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan have blocked policemen from reaching his home in Lahore to arrest him. The police are using armoured vehicles fitted with water cannons amid stone-throwing by supporters of the former Prime Minister who is accused of corruption.
Pakistan’s election commission in October last year found the 70-year-old cricketer-turned-politician guilty of unlawfully selling gifts from foreign dignitaries.
The Federal Investigation Agency then filed charges against him in an anti-corruption court, which last week issued the arrest warrant after Mr Khan failed to appear in court despite repeated summons.
Mr Khan has been demanding a snap election since his ouster from office in a parliamentary vote early last year, a demand that was rejected by his successor Shehbaz Sharif, who has said the vote would be held as scheduled later this year.