Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan ,70 was leading the march in Islamabad.He was rushed to a Lahore hospital after he was wounded in firing during his rally at Wazirabad in Pakistan’s Punjab. One of his supporters was feared dead in what his party called an “assassination attempt” on the former cricketer during his ongoing Lahore-to-Islamabad march against the army establishment-backed central government.
His right leg bandaged, Mr Khan was seen waving as he was shifted into an SUV — an early indication that the injury wasn’t critical. He was later reported “out of danger”.

The attack brought back memories of how another former PM, Benazir Bhutto, was assassinated during a rally in 2007. Videos showed a man, who was overpowered and arrested, firing pistol shots from below at Imran Khan as he stood atop a container-truck, which serves as the centrepiece of his ‘Haqeeqi Azadi’ (True Freedom) March against the Shehbaz Sharif government.

The attacker, a young man, later told the police that he was “not backed by anyone” and wanted to kill Imran Khan out of anger at “how he’s been misleading the people”.

There were reports of another shooter, with an AK-47 rifle, at the spot, but these could not be verified.

At least four of Imran Khan’s party leaders were among those injured, one of whom, parliamentarian Faisal Javed Khan, later said a supporter was “martyred”.
The attack in Gujranwala district, about 200 km from Islamabad, comes just seven months after he was unseated upon losing the defence establishment’s confidence. He has since been campaigning against the army and intelligence agency ISI’s “interference” that “has undermined democracy by installing a puppet government”.
The firing took place minutes later as he got to the roof for his speech. The gunman fired from a pistol from the left side of where Imran Khan was standing; he could not get close enough for a clear shot in a tight crowd, reports said.