Former prime minister of Pakistan and PTI chief Imran Khan was injured in a firing incident during his long march near Gujranwala on Thursday.
According to details, Pakistan Terhreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan, Senator Faisal Javed, and several other politicians were among the injured in gunfire on the long march container in Wazirabad’s area of Gujranwala, Punjab.
The attack, characterized by the PTI as “targeted”, has triggered widespread condemnation from across the political divide.
There were also reports of the death of a party worker who was in the city to welcome the long march. The assailant was reportedly subdued.
Senator Javed, who was also wounded and had blood stains on his clothes, told a media outlet from the hospital: “Several of our colleagues are wounded. We heard that one of them is dead.”
According to PTI leader Imran Ismail, the party chairman Imran Khan has reportedly “received three to four bullets in his leg”.
“It was a clear assassination attempt. Khan was hit but he’s stable. There was a lot of bleeding,” Fawad Chaudhry told Reuters. “If the shooter had not been stopped by people there, the entire PTI leadership would have been wiped out.”
Following the incident, Imran Khan was immediately shifted to a vehicle and evacuated to a hospital — in Lahore, according to Reuters — while other injured people were taken by ambulances to the nearby Wazirabad Institute of Cardiology.
According to rescue officials, ten people were injured due to the firing, including the PTI officials. Reports also said that one child was included in the injured people.
PPP’s Bilawal Bhutto also condemned the attack and called for an investigation into the incident. While PML-N’s Marriyum Aurangzeb announced that PM Shehbaz Sharif has postponed his scheduled press conference that was to be done about his recent China visit.