Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan says arrest bid a plot to bar him from elections


Lahore (Pakistan) (AFP) – Pakistan’s ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan tells AFP the government wants him behind bars in order to stop him taking part in elections due later this year. Riot police halted an attempt to arrest the 70-year-old former leader and onetime star cricketer, ending a siege of his residence after violent clashes with hundreds of his supporters.

©AFP

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