Pakistan police postpone arrest of ex-PM Imran Khan, easing unrest

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A Pakistan court ordered police on Wednesday to suspend an operation to arrest former Prime Minister Imran Khan, bringing a halt to pitched battles in which police baton-charged supporters of the former cricketer and fired water cannon and tear gas.

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in the nuclear-armed nation which is struggling with an economic crisis and awaiting an International Monetary Fund bailout. The Lahore high court ordered police to postpone their efforts to arrest Khan until Thursday, provincial information minister Amir Mir told Reuters. Earlier, a senior police official said security forces had withdrawn to accommodate cricket's Pakistan Super League , the country's top sporting event, which is being held at a stadium a few km away.

The operation to arrest Khan came after a lower court in the capital Islamabad issued a warrant against him for defying orders to present himself in court over charges that he unlawfully sold state gifts given to him by foreign dignitaries when he was prime minister from 2018 to 2022.

 

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