Several protests broke out on Tuesday at Pakistan after former Prime Minister Imran Khan was detained during a court appearance in one of dozens of cases against him since he was fired last year.

His arrest came after months political crisisand after the former governor accused the military – which wields immense power in the country – of being involved in a plot to kill him.

Police launched tear gas and use the water cannon to disperse Khan’s supporters who protested karachi And lahore.

In the capital Islamabadin neighbors Rawalpindi and enter Peshawar protesters blocked the road.

Khan’s Feast, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI, Pakistan Justice Movement), had called on its supporters to take to the streets, but Police warned that there was an ordinance against gatherings of more than four people and they would strictly enforce it.

“Imran Khan has been arrested in the Qadir Trust case,” Police reported Islamabad on your account Twitterrefers to the cause of corruption.

khan He was ousted from power last year in a vote of no confidence and is seeking to pressure a fragile coalition government to call snap elections before October.

The former prime minister faces dozens of legal proceedings, a tactic that has been used Pakistan by governments to silence their opponents, analysts predict.

His arrest came just after the weekend khan reaffirmed at the meeting Major General Faisal Nasirintelligence agency high command, implicated in the attempted assassination of the former ruler in November 2022.

On Monday, the Army issued a warning about what it described “baseless accusations” Created by Khan.

For his part, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif -Which khan He is also accused of being involved in a shooting attack that left him with a leg wound – he has said accusations without evidence “will not be tolerated.”

«These accusations are without evidence against the general Faisal Nasir and our intelligence service officers are incapable and will not be tolerated,” he warned on Twitter.

In the Washingtonchief Of Diplomacy Of The US, anthony blinkand Great Britain, James CleverleyThey asked that the “rule of law” be respected in the country.