Pakistani court refuses to suspend arrest warrant for Imran Khan, an ex-prime minister, as demonstrations of support continue outside his home in Lahore
Supporters of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, pose with a placard in a shape of a cricket bat, with"My-Red Line Imran Khan" written on it, as they gather with others outside Khan's house, in Lahore, Pakistan on Thursday.
Attempts by police this week to arrest the 70-year-old led to pitched battles with his supporters outside his home in the eastern city of Lahore before a court ordered authorities to stand down on Wednesday. "We never faced such a situation at any place in the past," Islamabad police Inspector General Akbar Nasir told the court on Thursday, opposing the cancellation of the arrest warrant.On Thursday several hundred supporters of Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party kept a vigil outside his home, wary of police returning to arrest him.
Khan says he fears for his life if detained, and that authorities want him jailed to prevent him from contesting an election that must be held by October this year .As the political drama unfolds, Pakistan is in the grip of a stark economic downturn, risking default if help cannot be secured from the International Monetary Fund.
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