Imran Khan has said he is “mentally prepared for arrest” as police battle supporters outside his home in eastern Pakistan.
Speaking to Sky News, the former prime minister of Pakistan said officers are “very determined” to arrest him after numerous previous attempts.
Mr Khan, 70, has ignored a string of warrants for multiple alleged crimes including terrorism charges, concealing his assets, and illegally selling state gifts he received during his term as premier.
“[It feels] like a huge operation is taking place to pick me up,” Mr Khan said.
“[The] country has known me for 50 years as a cricketer, charity, universities. Someone like me is being treated like some little terrorist, that’s the amount of force outside.” (sic)
The former international cricketer was ousted in a no-confidence vote in parliament in April last year and claims the charges against him are part of a plot to discredit him by his successor Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif and the government.
According to officers, police battled with Mr Khan’s supporters after arriving outside his home in Lahore, eastern Pakistan.
They planned on serving him a new warrant to appear in court later this week, but the operation triggered clashes between supporters and officers.
