![]() "Violence should have no place in our country's politics," he tweeted, saying he would pray for the recovery of those injured. PM Sharif, who came to government after Imran lost a trust vote in Parliament last April, condemned the attack on his political rival "in the strongest words" and asked for "an immediate report" on the incident. Quetta, Karachi and several other cities erupted in protest. In Lahore, hundreds of protesters gathered at Liberty Chowk, the starting point of the long march. PTI supporters protested outside the residence of the Peshawar corps commander soon after, chanting anti-military slogans. The lawmaker quoted Imran as saying all three must be removed from their posts, failing which PTI would lead countrywide protests. ![]() "Shortly before this video, Imran Khan called and told us to convey this message to the nation on his behalf that three people – Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, interior minister Rana Sanaullah and a senior military officer (Maj Gen Faisal Naseer of the ISI) – are behind the assassination attempt on him," he alleged. In a video message, PTI secretary general and lawmaker Asad Umar said Imran suspected three people of masterminding the attack. He was moved to Lahore's Shaukat Khanum Cancer Hospital, named after his mother, and taken for surgery to remove the bullets in his leg, said Dr Faisal Sultan. TV stations aired footage showing a conscious Imran with a bandaged leg being escorted into a black SUV after the attack. I tried to kill him," the arrested man is heard saying in the clip in response to a question from the police. ![]() The assailant, who was promptly overpowered and whisked away, said in a purported confessional video recorded in custody that he was on a mission to assassinate Imran as the latter had been "misguiding the people". ![]() A person identified as Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf supporter Muazzam Nawaz was killed and six others, including senior party functionaries Ahmed Chattha and Chaudhry Yousuf, were injured in the shooting at Allah Wala Chowk. ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan Thursday survived an assassination attempt in the middle of his long march to the capital, taking two bullets in his right leg as a lone gunman in the crowd fired at him and party colleagues waving at supporters from atop a container truck winding its way through the eastern city of Wazirabad. ![]()
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