Imran Khan escapes from house arrest

Imran Khan, former cricketer and leader of the Pakistan Tehrik Insaf (PTI) has reportedly escaped from his house-arrest on Sunday. He was put under house-arrest at his home in Lahore immediately after the declaration of emergency in Pakistan by Musharraf. "He was detained along with eight supporters at the house. The supporters are at home but he has slipped away," his close relative told a foreign news agency. The former skipper of the Pakistan cricket team had made a verbal assault on President Musharraf while addressing his supporters last Saturday. Imran Khan in his speech had demanded death penalty for Musharraf for treachery."He never said how is he through the Emergency going to do things that are any different. He was the absolute ruler, he had absolute control so what was the impediment in his way to fight militancy and terrorism," he told CNN on early Sunday morning