Pakistan Police Raids Ex-Premier Imran Khan’s Lahore House: TV

Pakistan’s police raided the residence of former Prime Minister Imran Khan in central Lahore hours after the opposition leader headed to Islamabad to attend a court hearing, local media reported.

(Bloomberg) — Pakistan’s police raided the residence of former Prime Minister Imran Khan in central Lahore hours after the opposition leader headed to Islamabad to attend a court hearing, local media reported.

Security forces arrested many of Khan’s supporters and removed sandbag barricades and shipping containers installed by them outside his house, Dawn television channel reported. 

There were violent clashes earlier this week at Khan’s residence between his supporters and police after the government attempted to arrest him on warrants ordered by a court in Islamabad. The police failed to detain him after his supporters clashed with police with petrol bombs.

Khan left for the capital, Islamabad, earlier today to attend a hearing by a trial court where he may be indicted for not disclosing income from selling state gifts, which he received when he was in power.

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