Imran Khan

Former prime minister shot when convoy he was travelling in came under fire in eastern Punjab province.

Khan has challenged the disqualification in a pending court case. The attack happened less than a week after Khan began his march from Lahore, the capital of Punjab province, along with thousands of supporters. Khan was travelling in a large convoy of lorry and cars heading towards the capital, Islamabad, as part of his campaign aimed at forcing the government to hold early elections. The Pakistani prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, said: “I condemn the incident of firing on PTI chairman Imran Khan in the strongest words. A bullet hit him in the leg,” Umar told reporters. A party aide said Khan had been wounded in the shin and was not seriously hurt.

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.

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.

A gunman has opened fire at a protest rally in eastern Pakistan, slightly wounding former prime minister Imran Khan in the leg and killing one of his ...

Zia died in a 1988 plane crash that investigators said appeared to be sabotage. The convoy is part of his campaign aimed at forcing the government to hold early elections. The shooting was an “assassination attempt”, party spokesman Fawad Chaudhry told rallygoers afterward in Wazirabad. 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. Mohammed Zia ul-Haq in a 1977 coup and was hanged two years later for conspiracy to kill a political rival. It was not clear under what conditions he made his statement.

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 was injured in the leg and four other people were hurt in a burst of gunfire at a protest march.

The gifts included Rolex watches, a ring and a pair of cuff links. President Arif Alvi said the incident was a "heinous assassination attempt". A party spokesman said he had been hit in the shin. Khan is then seen ducking, as those around him try to cover him. I tried to kill him." I wanted to kill him.

A gunman opened fire at a protest rally in eastern Pakistan on Thursday (local time, overnight NZT), slightly wounding former Prime Minister Imran Khan in ...

Footage has emerged of the moment cricket legend and former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan was shot in what his supporters are calling an assassination ...