A Pakistan court has ordered police to suspend the arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan.
The order brings to a stop continuous battles between police and supporters of the former cricketer.
Security forces withdrew from around his home in the eastern city of Lahore, easing political instability in the nation which is struggling with an economic crisis and awaiting an International Monetary Fund(IMF) bailout.
The Lahore high court ordered police to postpone their efforts to arrest Khan until Thursday, provincial information minister Amir Mir said.
Earlier, a senior police official said security forces had withdrawn to accommodate cricket’s Pakistan Super League (PSL), the country’s top sporting event, which is being held at a stadium a few km away.
The operation to arrest Khan came after a lower court in the capital Islamabad issued a warrant against him for defying orders to present himself in court over charges that he unlawfully sold state gifts given to him by foreign dignitaries when he was prime minister from 2018 to 2022.
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