Imran Khan

A gunman opened fire on the truck carrying the former prime minister and several other party officials taking part in a protest convoy. The attacked occurred ...

He said Khan asked the military for favors during his time in power, but did not specify what Khan requested. Nadeem Anjum, who rarely appears in public, announced the accusations at a heated news conference. Last week, Khan launched a march toward the country’s capital, Islamabad, to demand early elections.

Imran Khan, who claims he was ousted in a conspiracy involving the United States, suffered an injury when a gunman opened fire on his convoy in Punjab ...

Khan has been at loggerheads with the country's powerful military and has refused to back down from his plans to march on the capital. It was not immediately known if Khan's convoy would proceed on to Islamabad. Khan was later seen with a bandage on his right leg, just above the foot, according to reports and a blurry image. Since his ouster in a no-confidence vote in Parliament in April, Khan has mobilized mass rallies across the country, where he has whipped up crowds with claims that he was a victim of a conspiracy by his successor, Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, and the United States. A bullet hit him in the leg," Asad Umar, an official from Khan's Tehreek-e-Insaf party, told reporters. The convoy is part of his campaign aimed at forcing the government to hold early elections.

An official in Khan's party confirmed the former prime minister was shot in the leg but wasn't in danger.

[added](https://twitter.com/CMShehbaz/status/1588145345334321152). What they're saying: "I condemn the incident of firing on PTI Chairman Imran Khan in the strongest words. [Shehbaz Sharif tweeted](https://twitter.com/CMShehbaz/status/1588145195492728832). He is being shifted to a hospital in Lahore," Asad Umar, former finance minister and Khan’s party leader, told a local TV channel, Bloomberg [reported](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-03/pakistan-s-ex-pm-imran-khan-injured-in-firing-at-rally-spokesman?srnd=premium). The bullet hit his leg.

Former Pakistan leader Imran Khan is in stable condition after being shot in the leg at a rally in eastern Punjab province. He is being shifted to a ...

Pakistani officials say former Prime Minister Imran Khan was slightly wounded in the leg by a gunman who opened fire at his protest convoy.

The military has said that although Khan had a right to hold a rally there, no one would be allowed to destabilize the country. Mohammed Zia ul-Haq in a 1977 coup and was hanged two years later for conspiracy to kill a political rival. Benazir Bhutto, the first democratically elected female leader of a Muslim country, was killed in 2007. Among the wounded was Faisal Javed, a lawmaker from Tehreek-e-Insaf. The convoy is part of his campaign aimed at forcing the government to hold early elections. Khan, 70, underwent surgery at Shaukat Khanum Hospital in Lahore, tweeted Omar Ayub Khan, a senior leader of the ex-premier's Tehreek-e-Insaf party.

A gunman opened fire Thursday at a campaign truck carrying Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan, wounding him slightly and killing one of his ...

Khan with later seen with a bandage on his right leg, just above the foot, according to reports and a blurry image. According to the Interior Ministry, the government has ordered a probe into the incident. District police officer Ghazanfar Ali said one person was killed and nine others were wounded in the attack. The attack raised new concerns about growing political instability in Pakistan, a nuclear-armed nation with a massive population of 225 million people. Party official Asad Umar said Khan was wounded in the leg and was not seriously hurt. The identity of the gunman, who was arrested at the scene, was not immediately known.