New Delhi: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan got injured during firing on his convoy in Wazirabad on Thursday. When the incident happened the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief was at Zafar Ali Khan chowk in Wazirabad and travelling in an open-top vehicle.
Attack on Imran khan video#حقیقی_آزادی_لانگ_مارچ #ImranKhan pic.twitter.com/gbeAwXVZlw
— Furqan Anjum (@FurqanA66695679) November 3, 2022
Khan was shot in his leg in a firing, according to the media reports.
A firing was reported near the container of former PM and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan’s container near Zafar Ali Khan chowk in Wazirabad, Pakistan media reports. pic.twitter.com/mv5WvQIm7W
— ANI (@ANI) November 3, 2022
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Expect Khan, four others are also said to get injured in the incident. After the incident, Khan was transferred to a bulletproof vehicle to admit him to a hospital.
Soon after the incident, Khan’s party PTI called him red line on Twitter. ”Imran Khan is our red line – today he is red
Tried!,” tweeted Imran Khan.
عمران خان ہماری ریڈ لائین ہیں- آج وہ ریڈ لائین کراس کرنے کی کوشش کی گئی! #عمران_خان_ہماری_ریڈ_لائن_ہے pic.twitter.com/3zvofFriCq
— PTI (@PTIofficial) November 3, 2022
The PTI president of Lahore said on Twitter that all workers and people will protest in the square immediately against the attack on liberty.
چیئرمین عمران خان کے پر بزدلانہ قاتلانہ حملہ کے خلاف لبرٹی چوک میں احتجاج کیا جائے گا تمام ورکرز اور عوام فوری طور پر لبرٹی چوک پہنچیں۔
— Sheikh Imtiaz Mehmood (@SheikhImtiazPK) November 3, 2022
PTI also tweeted a video of PTI member Faisal Javed Khan who received injuries in the incident. In the video, Faisal said a person also lost his life in the firing.
Injured in the assassination attempt on Imran Khan, Senator @FaisalJavedKhan speaks exclusively. #عمران_خان_ہماری_ریڈ_لائن_ہے pic.twitter.com/PyrgQoeTs7
— PTI (@PTIofficial) November 3, 2022
In his address after the shooting at Imran Khan’s convoy, senior party leader Fawad Chaudhry said, we will avenge the attack on Imran Khan. He added that it is an attack on Pakistan not only on Imran Khan.
”We want peace not guns and murder,” Fawad Chaudhary.
After assassination attempt on @ImranKhanPTI , @fawadchaudhry addressed the people gathered! #عمران_خان_ہماری_ریڈ_لائن_ہے pic.twitter.com/lEfJ7OaNsC
— PTI (@PTIofficial) November 3, 2022
This person in “shalwar kameez” fired shots at #ImranKhan. The boy in tshirt behind him, tried to snatch pistol from him. #عمران_خان_ہماری_ریڈ_لاین_ہے pic.twitter.com/jDTi2FIpxH
— ?? حماس راؤ (@Hammas_Rao) November 3, 2022