Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan was recovering Friday from a gunshot wound to the leg following his injury Thursday failed Assassination attempt on his life.
Khan supporters, in Meanwhile, they vowed that the attempt would not derail the Long March’s attempt to get back to it power.
The attack on His convoy was killed, apparently by a lone gunman one And at least 10 were injured, which raised the stakes significantly in A political crisis has engulfed the South Asian country since the overthrow of Khan in April.
Khan “was stable and was fine” at Shaukat Khanum Hospital in oriental city of Lahore, his doctor Faisal Sultan told Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Friday.
Simi Bukhari, Deputy with Khan Pakistan Insaf Movement (PTI) partyhe said after visiting Khan former was the prime minister in high spirits.
Doctors allow him to move … he’s fine and he’ll do it soon She told AFP.
seventy-year-old former international cricket star It was leading a campaign Convoy of Thousands since then last A week from Lahore to the capital, Islamabad, when he was attacked.
At least Khan suffered one He was shot in the right leg when a gunman shot his modified container truck As she walked slowly through a dense crowd in Wazirabad, about 170 kilometers (105 miles) east of Islamabad.
“everybody who was standing in I got the front row hit” former Information Minister Fouad Chaudhry who was standing behind Khan told AFP.
Senior aide Raouf Hassan said it was an “attempt kill to assassinate him.”
Chaudhry said party Officials are scheduled to meet later on Friday to discuss the immediate fate of Khan campaign March.
“The real The long march of freedom will continue and the movement for people will rights remain until announcement on The general The election “.
Threats
party officials also Call for Fans organize rallies and gatherings across the country after Friday afternoon prayers, the most important of which is of the week.
Protesters set fires and blocked roads in Several cities as late as Thursday news of Khan’s shooting spread.
for him campaign truck had become crime Scene for Now, surrounded off It is guarded by commandos as forensic experts are combing area.
Information Minister Maryam Aurangzeb said Thursday that the attacker had been arrested. Officials released a confession video that appears to have been circulated online.
“I did it because (Khan) was misleading public” says disheveled man in The leaked video show with His hands are tied behind for him back in What appears to be a police station.
he is says He was angry with procession for making racket through call For the prayer that calls Muslims to the five mosques times day.
President Pervez Divine minister of Punjab officers said who leaked The video will be fine tuned.
Pakistan was wrestling with Islamic extremism for contracts, with Right-wing religious groups have enormous influence over The population.
For decades, assassination attempts have not been strange of political instability, and powerful military led the country several times.
Pakistan first prime minister Liaquat Ali Khan was killed by a bullet dead in a march in Rawalpindi in 1951. Another former prime ministerBenazir Bhutto, killed in 2007 when a huge bomb exploded near it vehicle She also welcomed her fans in The city of Rawalpindi.
kicked out of power
Khan has been booted from office in April of no confidence vote After some splits of for him coalition Partners, but keeps the magnitude support.
upvoted power in 2018 on A platform to fight corruption by tired voters of strain politicsbut mistreated him of The economy – and fall out with a military Accused of help him rise – He decided his fate.
Since then, denounce against Founder and Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif governmentWho is he says imposed on Pakistan through a “conspiracy” in which the United States was implicated.
Khan and Shahbaz have for Months circulated bitter accusations of Corruption, inefficiency and political overheating in A nation is often at the boiling point.
Khan has repeatedly told his supporters that he is ready for it die for The country and its aides have always warned of Unspecified threats made on his life.
The attack fee international Including condemnation from the United States, whose relations have been turbulent with Khan when he was in power.
“Violence no place in politicsand we call on All parties must refrain from violence, harassment and intimidation.” of Anthony Blinken said, in a permit.
