Clashes erupted in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Wednesday as supporters of ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan blocked cops from moving in to arrest Khan at his home in an upscale district after an arrest warrant was issued when Khan failed to show up in court on graft charges, the AP reports.
Fans of Khan have been fighting cops for at least 18 hours and there’s no sign yet police are any closer to detaining the former leader, who was removed last year by Parliament and subsequently barred from running for elected office again. It probably need not be said here that this might just be some sort of cautionary tale on what happens when maniacal fans of a disgraced former national leader perceive a threat to his returning to power from criminal charges.