Chaotic scenes broke out near Imran Khan’s reception camp at Allahwala Chowk in Gujranwala after gunshots were fired, reported local channel Geo News
Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was injured in firing during his rally in Pakistan’s Gujranwala and was rushed to a hospital. He was seen bandaged on his right leg and and being moved into an SUV. The attacker, who has been arrested, fired at Imran Khan when the former cricketer was standing atop a container-truck to address his ongoing “long march” to Islamabad against the Shehbaz Sharif government.
The incident, about 200 km from Islamabad, brought back chilling memories of how former prime minister Benazir Bhutto was shot dead during a rally in 2007, though Mr Khan escaped serious injury, said news agencies.
Barely an hour before the firing, he had told supporters in another part of Gujranwala, where he was scheduled to deliver a speech, that they should accompany him to another chowk instead, promising to speak there, Geo reported. His party tweeted a video showing him boarding the container-truck from his black SUV.
The firing took place minutes later as he got to its roof for his speech.
Local channel Geo News reported that chaotic scenes broke out near his reception camp at Allahwala Chowk after the gunshots rang. At least four party leaders were among those injured, it added.
Having been unseated reportedly after losing the army establishment’s confidence in April, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) leader has been demanding resignation of the new central government.
Post a comment His two main opponents that are otherwise rivals of each other too — the Sharifs’ Muslim League (PML-N) and the Bhuttos’ Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) — are together in the new government.
