Pakistan : Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan is determined to continue his political struggle to pressurize the government to hold early elections, despite the deadly attack on him. His party gave this information. During a protest march in Pakistan’s Punjab province, a gunman opened fire on a truck carrying Khan (70), injuring Khan in the leg.
One person has died in this attack. Khan’s party claims it was an ‘attempt to assassinate’ Imran Khan. Fawad Chaudhry, a senior leader of Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Party (PTI), alleged that the “attack was a planned assassination attempt on Khan and he narrowly escaped”. Attack any nine mm Not with a pistol but with an automatic weapon.
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Police had said that one person was killed and seven were injured in the attack. However, Dawn newspaper said on Friday, besides one death, 14 people were injured. According to the PTI party, he underwent surgery at the Shaukat Khanum Hospital built by Khan in Lahore and is now out of danger. The party also said that Khan was determined to continue the protest march.
Khan was quoted as saying on the party’s official Twitter handle, “I will not bow down, but will stand firm to achieve ‘Hakki Azadi’ for my fellow Pakistanis.” This march will be resumed from Wazirabad at 11 am on Friday. (agency)