Imran Khan’s gun attack was denounced by Pakistani lawmakers.
Imran Khan’s gun attack was denounced by Pakistani lawmakers.
KARACHI – Imran Khan, the leader of the PTI, was shot with a gun during his long march rally against the government near Wazirabad on Thursday, and this has been highly criticised by Pakistani lawmakers.
Other PTI leaders, including Senator Faisal Javed, Umar Dar, and Ahmed Chattah, were also hurt in the attack. Imran Khan was shot in both legs. A demonstrator perished in the incident as well.
Khan began the march last Friday in Lahore and has since stopped in a number of towns en route to Islamabad, where his party intends to hold a sit-in in support of new elections for the nation.
Today, the PTI caravan was scheduled to stop in Wazirabad city in Gujranwala district of Punjab proince, nearly 200 km from Islamabad.
When a huge number of PTI supporters marching alongside the container on foot and some on vehicles toward today’s destination, a gunman, who appears to be aged between 30 to 40 years, attempted to the PTI leaders, who were standing on container’s roof.
Following the incident, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif, PPP co-chairman and others have condemned the attack.
