To Pakistan now, a court has barred a police operation to arrest former Prime Minister Imran Khan until Friday. Khan has accused of repeatedly failing to appear in court for a hearing. It comes after two days of a ten-stand-off in Lahore between security forces and Khan supporters. Kamal Haider has more from outside Imran Khan's residence in Lahore. We're outside the residence of the Pakistan-Teddykin South leader Imran Khan. He of course has been based here since that assassination attempt on him. And of course he has also asked the supporters to gather around. As you can see, people wielding sticks are now preparing for another police action. The police, of course, has been told by Lahore High Court, which had stopped the police operation till 5GMT on Thursday. Has now extended that till Friday. It has also ruled that Imran Khan will not be allowed to hold a rally at the Minarip Pakistan, which is a monument to Pakistan on the 19th, saying that he would need to try a permission for that at least 15 days ahead of that rally. Imran Khan is also likely to appear before the court in Islamabad on the 18th. There were the ones who issued the arrest warrant in the Toshakhana case, which pertains to state gifts received by foreign heads of state. So Imran Khan has called a huddle of his party leaders at 11GMT at the Man Park. It will be important to see what decisions are made there. But in the meantime, everybody in Pakistan is hoping that this particular issue is resolved soon. Kamal Haider Al Jazeera Lahore. And former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan is joining us live from Lahore Mr. Khan. Thank you very much for your time. When we spoke two days ago, police and paramilitary forces had surrounded your house. The Interior Minister said that they would arrest you by the end of day on Tuesday. That hasn't happened. You're now due in court, I believe, on the 18th. Will you appear in court? Will you cooperate with the police? Okay. Well, I am appearing on the court on the 18th. And just to give the viewers a background, I had bailed right up to the 18th when my court appearance was going to take place. The police turned up for days earlier. So it was unlawful. I was already had protected bail. And when there's this massive force, I mean, it's never happened before in our history, thousands of policemen and rangers trying to attack my house and arrest me. So when they came with this force, I then gave my lawyer, gave them an assurity that I would attend the court. So the whole idea of police was supposedly to take me to court, which was on the 18th. So I gave them an assurity and the law says that once I would have given them an assurity, the police shouldn't arrest me. But despite that, the force kept increasing and the violence, I mean, the tear gas thing and water cannons and they shot pellets at workers and then they were bullets fired. So it's never happened in Pakistan before. Authorities are saying that the reason I believe that... Mr. Khan, authorities are saying that the reason why they've had to send so many police officers and even the paramilitary is because you are evading arrest. What do you say to the charge that they're trying to... you are facing many charges, but to the specific charge that they're trying to arrest you on this time, which is buying and selling state gifts without declaring the profits correctly to authorities? Firstly, they have 85 cases against me right now. Up six more cases added. So every other day, there's some sort of a case which comes up in the court appearance. Let me first clear that this is an allegation about state gifts. Everything I have done is lawful. The reason I could not attend this particular court was there been two bomb attacks in this court. There's no security there. Judges were killed and lawyers were killed there. My security team told me that you cannot attend because the place is such, they can't provide any security. So therefore, we asked them to shift that case into another court which they refused and the arrest warrant was given despite... well, I had an arrest warrant, I had protected Bill till the 18th despite that the police came because the intention is not law here. The intention is to put me into jail and why are my supporters resisting that? Because this custodial torture in Pakistan, my senator has been tortured in custody. My chief of staff was picked up, tortured in custody. One of our workers five days ago was killed, tortured in the custody and thrown on the ground. So people are petrified that the intention is not about law. The intention is to somehow get me into jail with where there is custodial torture and remember, I'm already, I've just recovered from bullet wounds received in an assassination attempt where I believe the same people who are trying to put me in jail are they are responsible for the attempt on my life. Again, that is an allegation that you're making. You say that people petrified but we're also seeing people and your supporters, you have asked your supporters to come out and fight and indeed we are seeing them outside your house and other places and they themselves are holding sticks. Are you not worried about the potential for violence here? Well, let me explain first. This is not the first time they've come to a recipe. In the past six months, there have been three times they came to a recipe and they came to in the past three times. This on a weekend they came up with a warrant. Knowing I couldn't go to the court because it's a weekend and this suddenly came to a recipe. Each time when my supporters found out they were coming to a recipe, they came to surround my house. Why? Because people know that the assassination attempt on me was made by these guys. You know, I have named them and by the way, one and a half months before the assassination attempt, I had been going public and saying that they're going to try and kill me through this religious fundamentalist supposedly. I'd warn everyone and I was lucky to be alive today and so the same people are trying to arrest me on frivolous cases. Remember, these cases are all frivolous and allegations. Each time they're going to the court, the court removes the cases. I mean, the dismisses the cases. Well, let's see what happens when you do finally appear in court on the 18th. In Rancan, we thank you for your time as always on Al Jazeera. We do appreciate it.