i m joined now by farhat javed from bbc urdu, who is in islamabad. good to see you. i suppose the first thing to clarify as we understand that imran khan has now arrived in the capital, there are reports that police were attacked by his supporters, what more can you tell us about what is going on? yes. us about what is going on? yes, imran khan us about what is going on? yes, imran khan has us about what is going on? yes, imran khan has arrived - us about what is going on? yes, imran khan has arrived in - us about what is going on? ya: imran khan has arrived in islamabad. he is outside the court where he is supposed to appear. so he is outside the court, he is yet to enter the building. we havejust got the court, he is yet to enter the building. we have just got an audio message from imran khan himself, he says he is waiting for the last few minutes stop he the police for him not entering the building. it imran khan. there seems to be a stand off between imran khan s supporters and
while in office, charges which he says are politically motivated. his convoy to islamabad was accompanied by dozens of supporters. they had earlier prevented police from trying to arrest him at his home. 0ur pakistan correspondent caroline davies is following mr khan s convoy, and she sent us this update as he set off. this is the start of the journey for imran khan from his home to the court in islamabad. this is a much promised appearance. it is on the basis of this appearance at his arrest warrants were suspended yesterday. many of his supporters have turned out, as well as, of course, security, because his team have talked repeatedly about threats to his safety. when he gets to islamabad, we know that the authorities there have suspended the ability to be able to hold rallies and protests, so there will be a very close eye on the court later today.
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seen videos shared by the police were large clouds of smoke could be seen. we have seen videos were a motorcycle is set on fire, for instance. there is a police van, you know, which was attacked by the workers. we could see some workers, some people in plainclothes, they were damaging a government car outside the court. there is a big number of supporters, imran khan supporters who want to enter the court s premises, but they are being stopped by the police. there has been a massive security arrangement, there is a large number of law enforcement officers outside and around the court, and there was a list provided of the persons who were supposed to go inside the court with imran khan, but it seems that imran khan and his party members do
workers to be present within and that court because they fear they might be arrested. speaking to a domestic media outlet, the minister clarify that imran khan will not be arrested because he is on bail by the court, so he will not be arrested, but he needs to appear before the court today. arrested, but he needs to appear before the court today. really good to talk to yom before the court today. really good to talk to you. we before the court today. really good to talk to you. we will before the court today. really good to talk to you. we will return - before the court today. really good to talk to you. we will return to - to talk to you. we will return to you for the latest developments. thank you. president biden has welcomed the decision to issue a warrant for the arrest of russia s leader, vladimir putin by the international criminal court in the hague. it has accused the russian president of war crimes over the forced deportation of children from ukraine to russia. ukraine