Pakistan's police cease bid to arrest ex-PM Khan

By Agence France-Presse

Mar 16, 2023 12:13 am

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.

UNDER SIEGE Supporters of Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan try to push back riot police outside his house in the eastern city of Lahore to prevent the law enforcers from arresting him on Tuesday, March 14, 2023. AFP PHOTO

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