• When asked about the attempted assassination, Imran Khan said, "I was injured by four bullets."

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    When asked about the attempted assassination, Imran Khan said, "I was injured by four bullets."




    "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Digital Desk: The former prime
    minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, said on Friday that he was shot four times in
    the legs while perched atop a container on Thursday during a long march in
    Wazirabad.

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    "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Khan claimed to have been informed
    of the impending risk beforehand.



    "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">While still a patient at the
    Shaukat Khanum Hospital in Lahore, where he is receiving medical attention for
    his wounds, Khan remarked during a televised address, "I had already
    discovered that there was a plan in place to assassinate me somewhere between
    Wazirabad and Gujrat."



     



    The cricketer-turned-politician is
    being treated by Dr. Faisal Sultan, who said that an x-ray of Khan's right leg
    revealed that his tibia was injured and in fact fractured.



    "The main artery is represented
    by the line on the right leg of this scan. There were bullet pieces extremely
    close by "said Sultan.



     



    Khan, who was spearheading a protest
    march against the Shehbaz Sharif administration, was shot in the right leg as
    he and others ascended on a truck with a container. The incident occurred in
    the Wazirabad neighborhood of Punjab province.



     



    Khan's right leg was lifted and
    bandaged as he sat in a wheelchair. He made numerous accusations against the
    military and political leaders.



    Police used tear gas to disperse protesters in Rawalpindi, Lahore, and Karachi after they blocked highways
    shortly after Khan was shot at. Police were seen taking some of the protesters
    into cars in television footage.



     



    Following a summons from the political
    party, Khan's followers demonstrated and attempted to break into the governor's
    residence in Lahore.



     



    Ankur Shukla of Bloomberg Economics said that anger at what
    many see as an assassination attempt is likely to increase support for the
    former prime minister and cause instability that will make leading the
    debt-ridden nation, which has already been hit by floods, even more
    challenging.



    It might now be practically difficult for the ruling party
    to enact controversial tax increases and budget cuts demanded by the
    International Monetary Fund for a bailout.



    Khan is allegedly using the shooting incident for political
    purposes, according to defence minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif.