Pakistan: Imran Khan shot at during Gujranwala rally, out of danger

International

oi-Deepika S

Islamabad,
Nov
03:
Former
Pakistan
Prime
Minister
Imran
Khan
was
injured
when
an
unidentified
gunman
opened
fire
on
the
container-mounted-truck
carrying
him
during
his
protest
march.
Imran
Khan
was
rushed
to
a
hospital
in
Lahore
and
he
is
out
of
danger
now.

In
a
statement,
the
Punjab
police
said
that
seven
people
were
injured
and
one
person
was
killed
during
the
attack
on
Khan.

The
incident
occurred
near
Allahwala
Chowk
of
Wazirabad
town
in
Punjab
when
Khan,
a
cricketer-turned-politician,
was
leading
the
long
march
to
Islamabad
demanding
early
elections.
The
gunman
was
immediately
arredted
by
security
officers
and
workers
of
Khan’s
Pakistan
Tehreek-e-Insaf
(PTI)
party.