Pakistan Former Prime Minister Shot And Wounded At Protest March
Pakistan’s former prime minister, Imran Khan, has survived an assassination attempt in the eastern city of Wazirabad.
Khan (70) was shot and wounded in the leg in an attack on his protest march on Thursday.
Members of his PTI party said another four people were hurt in the shooting.
Khan was leading the march on the capital Islamabad to demand new elections after he was forced out of office through a no-confidence vote in April.
He was seen being taken to a hospital in Lahore and a party spokesman said he had been hit in the shin.
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Another party leader, provincial health minister Yasmeen Rashid, said Khan was in stable condition.
Police released a video confession of a man they arrested who they say had attempted to kill Khan.
The man, asked by police why he opened fire, replies: “He was misguiding the people. I wanted to kill him. I tried to kill him.”
Current Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned the shooting and ordered an immediate investigation.
President Arif Alvi said the incident was a “heinous assassination attempt”.
Pakistan has a long history of deadly political violence.
Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated at a public rally in 2007. | BBC News
