Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan arrested during court appearance

ISLAMABAD - Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was arrested Tuesday during a court appearance in the capital for one of dozens of cases pending since he was ousted from office last year.

Local TV stations showed chaotic scenes outside the court as hundreds of PTI supporters clashed with security officers. Pakistan is deeply mired in an economic and political crisis, with Khan pressuring the struggling coalition government for early elections. "This has been a consistent pattern for the last year wherein military and intelligence agencies officials are targeted with insinuations and sensational propaganda for the furtherance of political objectives," it said.

"His levelling of allegations without any proof against Gen Faisal Naseer and officers of our Intelligence Agency cannot be allowed and will not be tolerated," he said.Pakistan's government has said the assassination attempt was the work of a lone gunman, who is now in custody and who confessed in a video controversially leaked to media.

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