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The previous prime minister to march to the excessive courtroom with a whole bunch of his supporters as a tense calm prevails within the metropolis.

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan is about to reach on the excessive courtroom within the japanese metropolis of Lahore for protecting bail following a number of arrest warrants issued towards him.

Azhar Siddique, a part of Khan’s authorized crew in Lahore, informed Al Jazeera Khan is looking for protecting bail towards the circumstances filed towards him in Lahore and capital Islamabad. He mentioned it was a routine matter to hunt bails from greater courts in circumstances filed in one other metropolis.

Musarrat Cheema, a politician belonging to Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) social gathering, informed Al Jazeera the social gathering chief will depart his residence in Lahore’s Zaman Park space shortly.

A two-member bench has been constituted within the Lahore Excessive Court docket to listen to Khan’s attraction.

Al Jazeera’s Kamal Hyder, reporting from exterior Khan’s residence in Lahore, mentioned a whole bunch of his supporters would accompany his convoy to the courtroom.

“4 new circumstances have been registered right here in Lahore towards Imran Khan. And that’s pertaining to the resistance that his supporters confirmed in the direction of the police once they got here to arrest him,” Hyder mentioned.

Earlier this week, the Lahore neighbourhood was the positioning of violent clashes between Khan’s supporters and the safety forces who wished to arrest him in an alleged corruption case.

Khan is accused of promoting state presents given to him when he was the prime minister from 2018 to 2022. The 70-year-old politician denies the fees.

Khan’s determination to go to the Lahore Excessive Court docket got here shortly after it prolonged a ban on police motion round his Zaman Park residence within the metropolis until 3pm (10:00 GMT) on Friday.

In the meantime, a tense calm prevails within the neighbourhood as a whole bunch of Khan’s supporters, some armed with batons and iron rods, proceed to barricade his residence.

Khan’s aide Chadhury additionally mentioned the PTI has filed a plea on Friday on the Islamabad Excessive Court docket to droop the arrest warrant within the state presents case. The PTI petition got here a day after a decrease courtroom within the nationwide capital rejected the same request made by the social gathering.

Khan is because of seem in Islamabad courtroom on Saturday. He informed Al Jazeera on Thursday he’ll.

PTI chief Cheema mentioned Khan “by no means shied away from showing earlier than the courtroom and it was solely because of the safety considerations”.

“Imran Khan by no means supposed to embarrass the courts. All he mentioned was that the situation of the courtroom is congested and he has real safety considerations, attributable to which he requested for a chance of clubbing all of the circumstances collectively. Nevertheless, he has now given assurance of his look in Islamabad tomorrow (Saturday). He can be there,” she mentioned.

Khan, the previous cricket star, additionally informed Al Jazeera at the very least 85 circumstances have been filed towards him after he was faraway from workplace in a parliamentary vote in April final yr.

Since then, he has been holding public rallies to demand speedy nationwide elections. He was shot and wounded at a kind of rallies in November.

In an interview with Al Jazeera on Thursday, Khan mentioned the individuals who need to arrest him are the identical individuals who tried to assassinate him.

“I imagine the identical folks now making an attempt to place me in jail have been answerable for the try on my life,” he mentioned, with out giving any names.