<p>An arrest warrant for former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was suspended Friday, his lawyers said, clearing the way for him to end a holdout at his residence that led to bloody clashes between supporters and police earlier this week.</p>.<p>Khan was ousted by a no-confidence vote last year and has been snarled in dozens of legal cases as he campaigns for early elections and a return to office.</p>.<p>The warrant relates to his non-appearance in an Islamabad court to answer a case brought by the Election Commission of Pakistan accusing him of not declaring gifts received during his time as premier, or the profit made from selling them.</p>.<p><strong>Also read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/imran-khan-claims-the-state-wanted-to-kill-him-in-police-custody-1200737.html" target="_blank">Imran Khan claims the state 'wanted to kill' him in police custody</a></strong></p>.<p>Attempts by police this week to arrest the 70-year-old former international cricket star in the eastern city of Lahore led to pitched battles with supporters outside his home.</p>.<p>After a day of legal wrangling in courts in both cities Friday, the arrest warrant was suspended.</p>.<p>"The Islamabad High Court has suspended non-bailable arrest warrant," said Faisal Chaudhry, a senior member of Khan's legal team.</p>.<p>"Now Imran will appear in the court tomorrow," he told AFP.</p>.<p>After the warrant was lifted, Khan left his home for the first time in days to appear in court in Lahore in a case related to this week's clashes.</p>.<p>Dozens of supporters mobbed his convoy as it slowly exited the compound, cheering and waving flags of Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party.</p>.<p>Overnight Tuesday police and paramilitary rangers clashed repeatedly with PTI supporters in the plush Zaman Park neighbourhood, firing fusillades of teargas and dodging rocks thrown by angry crowds.</p>.<p>Since then, PTI supporters have kept a vigil outside his home, wary of police returning to arrest him.</p>.<p>Khan says he fears for his life if detained, and that authorities want him jailed to prevent him from contesting an election that must be held by October this year.</p>.<p>"We have serious reservations about his security," Shibli Faraz, Khan's chief of staff, said Friday.</p>.<p>As the political drama unfolds, Pakistan is in the grip of a stark economic downturn, risking default if help cannot be secured from the International Monetary Fund.</p>.<p>The security situation is also deteriorating with a spate of deadly attacks on police, linked to the Pakistan Taliban.</p>.<p>Khan has been pressuring the coalition government that replaced him, led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, with popular rallies and daily addresses broadcast on social media.</p>.<p>Last year Khan was shot in the leg during a political rally, an assassination bid he blamed on Sharif.</p>
<p>An arrest warrant for former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was suspended Friday, his lawyers said, clearing the way for him to end a holdout at his residence that led to bloody clashes between supporters and police earlier this week.</p>.<p>Khan was ousted by a no-confidence vote last year and has been snarled in dozens of legal cases as he campaigns for early elections and a return to office.</p>.<p>The warrant relates to his non-appearance in an Islamabad court to answer a case brought by the Election Commission of Pakistan accusing him of not declaring gifts received during his time as premier, or the profit made from selling them.</p>.<p><strong>Also read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/imran-khan-claims-the-state-wanted-to-kill-him-in-police-custody-1200737.html" target="_blank">Imran Khan claims the state 'wanted to kill' him in police custody</a></strong></p>.<p>Attempts by police this week to arrest the 70-year-old former international cricket star in the eastern city of Lahore led to pitched battles with supporters outside his home.</p>.<p>After a day of legal wrangling in courts in both cities Friday, the arrest warrant was suspended.</p>.<p>"The Islamabad High Court has suspended non-bailable arrest warrant," said Faisal Chaudhry, a senior member of Khan's legal team.</p>.<p>"Now Imran will appear in the court tomorrow," he told AFP.</p>.<p>After the warrant was lifted, Khan left his home for the first time in days to appear in court in Lahore in a case related to this week's clashes.</p>.<p>Dozens of supporters mobbed his convoy as it slowly exited the compound, cheering and waving flags of Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party.</p>.<p>Overnight Tuesday police and paramilitary rangers clashed repeatedly with PTI supporters in the plush Zaman Park neighbourhood, firing fusillades of teargas and dodging rocks thrown by angry crowds.</p>.<p>Since then, PTI supporters have kept a vigil outside his home, wary of police returning to arrest him.</p>.<p>Khan says he fears for his life if detained, and that authorities want him jailed to prevent him from contesting an election that must be held by October this year.</p>.<p>"We have serious reservations about his security," Shibli Faraz, Khan's chief of staff, said Friday.</p>.<p>As the political drama unfolds, Pakistan is in the grip of a stark economic downturn, risking default if help cannot be secured from the International Monetary Fund.</p>.<p>The security situation is also deteriorating with a spate of deadly attacks on police, linked to the Pakistan Taliban.</p>.<p>Khan has been pressuring the coalition government that replaced him, led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, with popular rallies and daily addresses broadcast on social media.</p>.<p>Last year Khan was shot in the leg during a political rally, an assassination bid he blamed on Sharif.</p>