Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan wounded in gun attack: official

A gunman opened fireplace at a container truck carrying Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday, wounding him barely and likewise a few of his supporters, a senior chief from his get together and police mentioned.

BIDEN REBUKED BY PAKISTANI OFFICIALS FOR CALLING NUCLEAR-ARMED COUNTRY ‘ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS NATIONS’

Celebration official Asad Umar mentioned Khan was wounded within the foot and was not significantly damage. The id of the gunman, who was arrested on the scene, was not instantly identified. No group has claimed accountability for the taking pictures.

Based on police, the assault occurred within the Wazirabad district within the japanese Punjab province the place Khan was touring in a big convoy of vans and vehicles heading in the direction of the capital, Islamabad, as a part of his marketing campaign geared toward forcing the federal government to carry early elections.

EX-PAKISTANI PM’S DAUGHTER ACQUITTED OF CORRUPTION CHARGES

Khan with later seen with a bandage on his foot. He was moved to a different car from his container truck, from the place bulletins had been being made that he was secure.

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan on the Kremlin in Moscow on Feb. 24, 2022.
(MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV/SPUTNIK/AFP by way of Getty Photos)

Among the supporters from his Tehreek-e-Insaf get together had been additionally wounded, in accordance with the announcement from the get together.

The assault occurred lower than per week after Khan started his march from Lahore, the capital of Punjab province, together with hundreds of supporters. Since his ouster in a no-confidence vote in Parliament in April, Khan has alleged that his ouster was a conspiracy engineered by his successor, Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, and the US — claims that each the brand new premier and Washington have denied.