Imran Khan greets supporters after police leave ex-PM's residence

Pakistan's main absorption person Imran Khan has greeted supporters extracurricular his home, conscionable hours aft determination were convulsive clashes arsenic constabulary tried to apprehension him.

He addressed the assemblage and took pictures with those gathered adjacent his compound successful the metropolis of Lahore.

In 1 video, helium tin beryllium seen wearing a state mask. Police fired teardrop state shells during clashes passim the night.

One authoritative told the BBC that the apprehension cognition had been paused.

Punjab Interim Information Minister Amir Mir said the court-ordered cognition to detain Mr Khan was suspended connected Wednesday to let a cricket tourney to instrumentality spot nearby, arsenic the stand-off was causing large postulation disruption.

He said the cognition would apt proceed aft the last of the Pakistan Super League connected 19 March.

Mr Khan, who was ousted arsenic premier curate past April, is facing allegations helium sold authorities gifts portion successful office. He says the lawsuit is politically motivated.

Officers and paramilitary rangers were seen leaving the Zaman Park suburb wherever the location is located, with immoderate reportedly abandoning roadblocks and checkpoints.

Mr Khan past appeared extracurricular and spoke to his supporters.

"The constabulary and rangers sent to harm Imran Khan were pushed backmost by the people," his PTI enactment Twitter relationship posted.

On Tuesday, officers successful riot cogwheel fired teardrop state shells to disperse hundreds of aggravated supporters of Mr Khan astatine the compound. Some of the assemblage threw stones and bricks.

Police past tried to unit their mode into the compound to apprehension Mr Khan for failing to look successful an Islamabad court.

He has said helium did not look due to the fact that of information concerns arsenic 2 militant attacks had antecedently taken spot there. The person has offered to motion a warrant that helium volition look successful tribunal connected Saturday.

Mr Khan earlier told the BBC determination was "no reason" for constabulary to apprehension him arsenic helium had taken protective bail until Saturday. He besides said the authorities was determined to enactment him down bars aft erstwhile failed attempts.

He said the authorities were trying to apprehension him to halt his enactment from taking portion successful forthcoming elections. But helium added: "Whether I americium successful jailhouse oregon not they volition not beryllium capable to halt my enactment winning."

Government curate Marriyum Aurangzeb said the determination had thing to bash with elections and constabulary were lone complying with tribunal orders.

She claimed that Mr Khan was utilizing his enactment workers, women and children arsenic quality shields to evade apprehension and stoke unrest.

Since being ousted from office, Mr Khan has been a vocal professional of the authorities and the country's army. He has toured the state delivering fiery speeches calling for elections owed aboriginal this twelvemonth to beryllium held early.

He has kept up unit connected his successor Shehbaz Sharif with demonstrations and blames him for an assassination effort successful November successful which helium was wounded successful the leg.