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Imran Khan will return to political arena in two to three days: PTI

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Hammad Azhar said that former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will return to the political arena in two to three days.Talking to the media at the Shaukat Khanum Hospital in Lahore, Azhar said their part will continue their 'long march' toward Islamabad against the attempted assassination of Imran Khan, Geo News reported.On Thursday, the PTI chief was injured after a man opened fire at him in Gujranwala. The former prime minister sustained injuries on his leg and has been shifted to a hospital for treatment, Geo News reported.The attacker on Imran Khan was "a religious fanatic engineered at a studio," the PTI leader emphasised, adding that the PTI leaders are going to meet in this regard and will brief the media afterwards.Azhar said a total of Rs 15 million will be given to the family of Moazzam Gondal, the youth who lost his life during the gun attack on Imran Khan on November 3 in Wazirabad, reported Geo News.He said he would take the bereaved ...

Pak media watchdog bars TV channels from airing Imran Khan's speeches

Pakistan's electronic media watchdog on Saturday prohibited television channels from broadcasting or rebroadcasting ousted premier Imran Khan's speeches or media talks, saying airing such content would likely to create hatred among the people and endanger national security. The Pakistan Electronic Media and Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) warned that it will suspend the broadcasting licence in case of any violation. In case of any violation, the observed licence may be suspended without any show-cause notice in the public interest along with other enabling provisions of law, it said in a notification. It also said that Khan during his long march speeches and a day ago in an address from hospital made aspersions against the state institutions by levelling baseless allegations for orchestrating an assassination plan. The media watchdog said that airing such content violated several laws and was likely to create hatred among the people or was prejudicial to the maintenance of law and or

Pakistan: Imran Khan's attacker, Naveed, is a drug addict, probe reveals

The suspect told the police that he bought 26 bullets along with a pistol through a man named Waqas from Wazirabad.

Deadlock over filing of FIR over assassination attempt on Imran Khan

A deadlock persists over filing an FIR in connection with an assassination attempt on Imran Khan after the former prime minister refused to withdraw the name of a senior Pakistan Army officer from the complaint, which also carries the names of the Prime Minister and the Interior Minister. Khan, 70, suffered a bullet injury in the right leg when two gunmen fired a volley of bullets at him and others mounting on a container-mounted truck in the Wazirabad area of Punjab province, where he was leading a protest march against the Shehbaz Sharif government.

Imran Khan assassination: Protesters block roads in Islamabad, pelt stones

Taking to Twitter, Islamabad police said, "The protesters have taken the traffic hostage. Protesters are requested not to set fire to vehicles."

Imran Khan's allegations unacceptable, uncalled for: Pakistan Military

Pakistan military said that the "baseless and irresponsible allegations by PTI chief against the institution and particularly a senior army officer are absolutely unacceptable and uncalled for

Imran Khan the demolisher

There has always been a risk-taking edge to Imran Khan. Like him or hate him, it had to be someone like him to finally threaten to demolish the Establishment

Learnt about plan to kill me a day before, was hit by 4 bullets: Imran Khan

He said the failed assassination attempt against him will push the people of Pakistan to take to the streets like in Sri Lanka

Imran Khan addresses nation, says he knew about the assassination plot

I already knew about their plan to attack me but I will continue to call out the corrupt who are stealing people's money, said Khan in his address to the nation a day after he was shot in the leg

Attack on Imran Khan: Pakistan police arrest two more suspects

Police in Pakistan's Punjab province have arrested two more suspects, who they believe had sold the pistol and bullets for PKR 20,000 to Naveed Mohammad Basheer, the assailant who tried to assassinate former premier Imran Khan during a political rally, according to a media report on Friday. Khan, 70, suffered a bullet injury in the right leg on Thursday, when Basheer fired a volley of bullets at him in the Punjab province, where he was leading a protest march against the government. Basheer later confessed that he attacked Khan because "he was trying to mislead the public." Police sources said that two other suspects Waqas and Sajid Butt sold Basheer a pistol and bullets for PKR 20,000, adding that the pistol did not have a number or license, Geo.tv reported. They were arrested from Wazirabad in Punjab province, the report said, quoting police sources. According to eyewitnesses, Basheer fired on the container-mounted truck carrying Khan from a close range. Khan was shifted by r

Pakistan: Imran Khan led PTI annouces countrywide protests from today

His announcement comes a day after Khan was shot at during his long march. The former Prime Minister had been shot in the leg "three to four" times in the alleged assassination attempt.

Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan blames govt, spy agency for shooting

Former Pakistan leader Imran Khan has blamed Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Interior Minister Rana Sanuallah and a top general from the intelligence agency for the attack on his rally

US condemns attack on former Pak PM Imran Khan during protest march

The United States on Thursday condemned the attack on former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan during his protest march and said violence has no place in politics and America is deeply committed to a democratic and peaceful Pakistan. The United States strongly condemns the shooting of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and others at a political rally. We wish Imran Khan and all others who were injured a quick and thorough recovery, and we offer our condolences to the family of the individual who was killed, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said. Violence has no place in politics, and we call on all parties to refrain from violence, harassment, and intimidation. The United States is deeply committed to a democratic and peaceful Pakistan, and we stand with the Pakistani people, Blinken said in a statement. Khan sustained bullet injury on his leg when a gunman opened fire on the container-mounted-truck carrying him during his protest march in Pakistan's Punjab province, ..

Guterres hopes attack on Imran won't further affect situation in Pakistan

Khan, who is the chairman of the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Imran party, was injured in Wazirabad on Thursday when he was hit in his leg by gunfire while leading a march on the nation's capital

Imran Khan sustains bullet injury after gunfire attack during protest march

Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan on Thursday sustained bullet injury when unidentified assailants opened fire on the container-mounted-truck carrying him during his protest march in Pakistan's Punjab province, media reports said. The incident occurred near Allahwala Chowk of Wazirabad town of Punjab. Geo TV footage showed that 70-year-old Khan was hit in the right leg. Police shifted him to a bullet proof vehicle from the container he was riding at the time of the attack. The channel reported that one person has been arrested from the spot and police shifted him to an unknown location. Initially, it was reported that Khan was safe while some people were injured. However, later it turned out that Khan was also injured. There are also reports that Khan's close aide Senator Faisal Javed was also injured in the attack.

Keeping a close eye: India on attack on Imran Khan at rally in Pakistan

India on Thursday said it is keeping a "close" eye on developments relating to the attack on former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan during his protest march in Pakistan's Punjab province. "This is something that we are closely keeping an eye on and we will continue to monitor the ongoing developments," External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said in responding to a question at a media briefing. Khan was injured on Thursday when an unidentified gunman opened fire on the container-mounted-truck carrying him during his protest march in the eastern city of Wazirabad. Seventy-year-old Khan was leading the march to capital Islamabad to demand snap elections. The incident occurred near Allahwala Chowk of Wazirabad town in Punjab. Asad Umar, the senior leader of Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, told the media that a bullet hit Khan's leg. "Khan is being taken to Lahore by road. He is not critical but he received a bullet injury," Umar said, adding that Khan's oppon

Pak's SC asks ex-PM Imran Khan to explain violation of court's order

Pakistan's Supreme Court on Wednesday gave another chance to former premier Imran Khan to explain his alleged violation of the court's order during his protest march on May 25. The court is hearing a government plea regarding charging 70-year-old Khan with contempt of court for flouting orders by the apex court about keeping his Azadi March protest away from the D-Chowk adjacent to the Red Zone of Islamabad city. A five member-bench, headed by CJP Bandial and comprising Justice Ijazul Ahsan, Justice Muneeb Akhtar, Justice Yahya Afridi, and Justice Mazahar Akbar Naqvi, heard the petition.

Will file Rs 10 bn lawsuit against top election official, says Imran Khan

Ousted prime minister Imran Khan on Monday announced that he will file a Rs 10 billion defamation suit against Pakistan's top election official for destroying his reputation by disqualifying him, as he asked "those in power" to stand with the nation on the fourth day of his long march to Islamabad. Khan, who has announced that his objective was to gain Haqeeqi Azadi (real freedom) through the march which in his words was possible if free and fair elections are held immediately, also took a jibe at PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif and said the "fugitive is waiting for the environment of the country to be suitable for his return." Khan, 70, was earlier this month disqualified from membership of the current National Assembly by a five-member panel of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) headed by its chief Sikandar Sultan Raja. "Sikandar Sultan, I will take you to court so that in the future, you do not destroy anyone's reputation on someone else's instructions, Khan told the Pakistan

Imran sees revolution coming in Pak through ballot or bloodshed: Report

As the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI) march enters its fourth day, party chairman and former Prime Minister Imran Khan said that after seeing the "revolution" happening in the country

Former Pak PM Imran Khan to announce date for the mega protest next week

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday said he will announce the date for his much-publicised mega protest next week to press for the dissolution of the National Assembly and announce snap polls in the country. Khan, 70, was disqualified on Friday by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for failing to inform it about the money he received after selling the state gifts, also known as the Toshakhana case. Khan made the comments while addressing a press conference along with Senator Azam Swati, who was granted bail by a local court in a case about his controversial tweet against Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa. I will announce the date of the long march on either Thursday or Friday, he said.