Former Prime Minister Imran Khan has accused the Pakistani government of trying get him out of the way to contest the elections after dozens of his supporters were arrested and injured in a police crackdown on an election rally in Lahore.
Khan called off a rally of his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in the eastern city, the capital of the Punjab province, after the police used tear gas and water cannon on his supporters for defying a government ban on public gathering.
