The shooting of former Prime Minister Imran Khan has made the battle lines in Pakistani politics even more bitter, and has shaken the powerful military
Former Prime Minister Imran Khan was shot and injured on Thursday after gunfire rang out at a protest rally in Pakistan. He has been leading a weeklong protest after being ousted from power in April.
Photo: Urdu Media/ReutersISLAMABAD, Pakistan—A day after being shot, former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan alleged the country’s leader and a senior military official were behind the attack on him, without offering any evidence for the claim, which the government and the army have denied.in the leg on Thursday as he stood atop a makeshift stage mounted on a truck, leading a protest convoy to Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad.
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