Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan reportedly shot and wounded

Pakistan's erstwhile Prime Minister Imran Khan connected Thursday was reportedly changeable and wounded astatine a protestation march.

Mohammad Atif Khan, a elder person and adjacent adjutant of Khan, told NBC News helium had been changeable successful the limb and taken to a section hospital. The erstwhile Pakistani leader's information is "out of danger," helium added.

Kahn was starring a monolithic protestation march successful the country's eastbound metropolis of Wazirabad, portion of a week-long circuit aimed astatine drumming up enactment for toppling the existent authorities and forcing aboriginal elections.

Khan, a cricket prima who became Pakistan's premier curate successful 2018, was ousted from powerfulness successful April of this twelvemonth aft a no-confidence ballot by absorption lawmakers alleging corruption and unconstitutional actions, charges backed up by the country's Supreme Court.

In October, Pakistan's predetermination committee passed a ruling barring Khan from holding bureau again, sparking outrage among his galore supporters who assertion foul play.

Khan is 1 of the astir celebrated figures successful Pakistan and the wider South Asian region, known for starring his state to diversion glory arsenic its nationalist cricket squad run successful the 1980s and 90s. He aboriginal transitioned to politics, founding the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf enactment successful 1996.

Khan's governmental vocation was marked by losses until his party, moving connected a populist platform, won the astir seats successful Pakistan's National Assembly successful 2018 and helium led the governing conjugation arsenic premier minister.

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