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Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan on Friday said he knew beforehand that there would be an assassination attempt on him during his protest march in Wazirabad of Punjab province. Addressing the nation from hospital, Khan, who suffered an injury in his right leg, said he was hit by four bullets.
“I got to know the day before the attack that either in Wazirabad or in Gujrat, they planned to kill me,” Imran Khan, dressed in a blue hospital gown, a drip attached to his arm and a cast on his leg, said.
“I have come from among the common people, my party wasn’t made under a military establishment. I have struggled for 22 years,” the former PM said.
One person died and more than 10 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders and workers were injured after a gun-wielding man fired bullets at a container-mounted truck in Wazirabad area of Punjab province, where Imran Khan was leading a protest march against the government.
Khan was shifted to Shaukat Khanum hospital in Lahore, where an operation was performed. Khan is stable now, his party said on Friday.
The gunman, identified as Naveed Mohammad Basheer, was arrested and he later confessed that he attacked Khan because “he was trying to mislead the public”.
In his address, Imran Khan said four people plotted to kill him behind closed doors. “I have a video with me, if something happens to me, the video will be released,” he said.
Khan alleged that the “government and its handlers” had planned to get him murdered in the same way former Punjab governor Salman Taseer was killed.
“How did I find out? Insiders told me. The day before Wazirabad, they made the plan to kill me as they saw the number of people increasing at my rallies,” the ousted Pakistani premier said.
He said Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Major General Faisal plotted to kill him.
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