Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan says police have “surrounded” his house and his arrest is imminent.
Mr Khan, 70, was arrested last Tuesday in a corruption case which sparked countrywide violence.
He tweeted: “Probably my last tweet before my next arrest,” adding that police have “surrounded” his house in the eastern city of Lahore.
After his arrest last week, thousands of his supporters attacked and set on fire scores of buildings, including the army’s headquarters and at least eight people died in violent protests across the country.
Punjab province’s information minister Amir Mir said intelligence and law enforcement agencies had identified that some 30 to 40 people accused of attacking military installations were hiding at Mr Khan’s home.
Mr Mir said: “We’re giving an ultimatum that these terrorists should be turned over to the police, or else there will be action”.
He warned Mr Khan had 24 hours to surrender the suspects, and that a police operation would be launched if he did not comply.
Mr Khan’s aide Iftikhar Durrani said the accusation that he was sheltering people suspected of involvement in the violence carried no weight, and repeated his call for an independent inquiry.
Mr Khan’s arrest dramatically escalated tensions between him and the military.
The former cricket star-turn-politician was released on bail last Friday, and on Wednesday the Islamabad High Court granted a bail extension until 31 May, his lawyer Faisal Chaudhry said.
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He was released from custody after Pakistan’s Supreme Court ruled that his arrest was illegal.
The court ruled that he cannot be arrested anytime in the next few weeks.
Mr Khan has been faced with multiple corruption charges in Pakistani courts since he was ousted as a prime minister in a no-confidence vote last April.
This story originally appeared on Skynews
