Imran Khan, the former prime minister of Pakistan who is fighting several court battles and pressuring the government for early elections, was the target of an attempted arrest on Sunday, according to police in that country.
Khan’s home in Lahore was surrounded by hundreds of his supporters when officers from the capital, Islamabad, got there, but they were unable to locate him.
“A team of Islamabad police has arrived in Lahore to arrest Imran Khan to comply with the court orders,” Islamabad police said in a tweet.
“Imran Khan is reluctant to surrender — the Superintendent of Police had gone into the room but Imran Khan was not present there.”
Khan’s failure to show up in court on February 28 in connection with a corruption case prompted the issuance of the arrest order.
Khan is charged with failing to disclose gifts he got or the profit he made from selling them while in office.
All gifts must be disclosed by public leaders, but those worth less than a certain amount may be kept.
According to Shah Mehmood Qureshi, vice chairman of Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, “We have received the notification from Islamabad police — the notice does not contain any order for the arrest.”
