LAHORE, Pakistan: Pakistani police on Wednesday appeared to have given up an attempt to arrest former prime minister Imran Khan, ending a siege of his residence after violent clashes with hundreds of his supporters.

Agence France-Presse (AFP) correspondents and witnesses near Khan's home in the plush Zaman Park suburb of the eastern city of Lahore said police and paramilitary rangers had retreated after abandoning a series of roadblocks and checkpoints.

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