Police on Tuesday fired tear gas into the compound of Imran Khan’s house in Lahore and used water cannons to disperse supporters, who gathered outside Pakistan's ousted prime minister's residence to prevent his arrest in the Toshakhana case.
Police fire tear gas into Imran Khan's Lahore house.
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Pakistani police and supporters of Imran Khan fought pitched battles on Tuesday outside the former prime minister's home in the eastern city of Lahore, injuring several on both sides, ahead of his possible arrest, a government spokesman and witnesses said.
"The police have arrived to arrest me. They think that if Imran Khan goes to jail, the people will go to sleep. You have to prove them wrong, you have to prove that the qaum (people) is alive."
Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) workers started the violence, which injured several police officials, Government spokesman Amir Mir told Reuters, adding, "If Imran Khan ensures his presence in the court, it will be good, otherwise the law will take its course."
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Khan called on his supporters to stand up for the supremacy of law and fight for true independence.
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