Imran Khan sustains bullet wound in ‘assassination attempt’ at protest rally in Wazirabad

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Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan sustained bullet wounds to his leg during a rally in the city of Wazirabad, in the eastern Punjab province. Khan was as waving to supporters at the head of a convoy on its way to the capital Islamabad when a gunman fired bullets at his campaign bus. The gunman was tackled soon after he fired at the bus by an attendee at the rally. Khan was taken to a nearby hospital after the attack and is said to be in a stable condition. Fawad Chaudhry, a spokesperson for Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, told Reuters that it was a ‘clear assassination attempt.’ The ‘the entire PTI leadership would have been wiped out,’ Chaudhry added

Imran Khan wounded in ‘assassination attempt’ in Pakistan

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Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It has a population exceeding 212.2 million, including the world’s second-largest Muslim population. It has an area of 881,913 square kilometres (340,509 square miles).

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