More clashes in Pakistan as police try to arrest former PM PHOTO

Supporters of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan threw bricks at police who fought back with clubs and tear gas for a second day after officers tried to arrest the ousted premier for failing to appear in court on graft charges.

Police have been besieging the 70-year-old opposition leader’s house in the eastern city of Lahore since March 14 while his supporters hurled rocks and bricks, and swung batons snatched from the officers, according to the Associated Press.

Violence was also reported between Khan’s supporters and police in other major cities, including Karachi, Islamabad, the garrison city of Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Quetta and elsewhere in Pakistan. The government was sending additional police to tackle the situation in Lahore’s upscale area of Zaman Park, where Khan lives.

Early March 15, Khan emerged from his house to meet with his supporters, who had faced tear gas and police batons through the night to save him from arrest. He said he was ready to travel to Islamabad on March 18 under his arrest warrant, but police did not accept the offer.

The confrontation outside continued and later, Khan posed for cameras seated at a long table, showing off piles of spent tear gas shells he said had been collected from around his home.