Reuters. Hundreds of supporters of ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan took to the streets of Karachi on Tuesday (May 9) to protest as his party called for nationwide protests.
Protesters were seen carrying batons, shouting slogans, and setting trucks on fire.
Pakistan's anti-corruption agency arrested Khan at the Islamabad High Court on Tuesday, in a dramatic move that threatens fresh turmoil in the nuclear-armed country as his party called for nationwide protests.
Khan, a 70-year-old cricket hero-turned-politician, has shown no sign of slowing down since he was ousted as prime minister in April last year, even after being wounded in a November attack on his convoy as he led a protest march to Islamabad calling for snap general elections.
Previous attempts to arrest Khan from his Lahore home resulted in heavy clashes between his supporters and law enforcement personnel. Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party has called on supporters to "shut down Pakistan."
