Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan, who faces corruption charges, told DW on Thursday there is an "unprecedented crackdown taking place" in Pakistan. Speaking with DW's Anja Kueppers-McKinnon, Khan said he "expect to be re-arrested." Pakistani police surrounded Khan's house in Lahore on Wednesday.
"My entire senior leadership is in jail, they get bail from court as they come out of court they again get re-arrested," he said. Khan said he it was done "in order to crush the party so that we don't contest the election, this is why all of this is happening." He said, "7,500 workers have been arrested, we don't know what is going one, all my leadership has been arrested."
Khan will ignore a summons by the country's anti-graft agency to appear before it on Thursday for questioning, his party spokesman said.
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