Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has formed a committee to lead his party if he is arrested, he told Reuters hours before an appearance before a court that had issued arrest warrants for him.
“I have made a committee which will obviously take decisions once — if — I’m inside” jail, the 70-year-old said in an interview in his Lahore home before heading to Islamabad early on Saturday.
Imran Khan appeared in court, amid heavy security, on March 18 as police were entering his home and after he said he expected to be arrested in a standoff with the government that has sparked clashes with his supporters.
Security was tight around the judicial complex where Khan arrived in a motorcade surrounded by supporters.
