As Khan spoke to his supporters from the back of a truck, a gunman in the crowd opened fire. According to reports from different media outlets, the former PM was either hit in the foot or the leg.
Khan was rushed to a hospital in Lahore, around 100 kilometers (60 miles) away. One of Khan’s aides, Raoof Hasan, told AFP that the former leader is in “stable condition.”
“This was an attempt to kill him, to assassinate him,” Hasan added. A suspect has been arrested, Pakistan’s Geo TV reported shortly afterwards.
God protect the great Kahn