Ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan says arrest bid aimed to jail him before elections

Khan, who is also chairman of the opposition PTI party, said he has 85 court cases pending against him, including blasphemy, sedition and terrorism. "The level of victimisation going on in this country is unprecedented. The main reason is they don't want me to compete in the elections," he said. 

"I have never broken the law," he added.

The former premier, who served from 2018 to 2022, was wounded in an assassination attempt back in November 2022. Khan said he believes his life is still "under threat".

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