Ex-Pak PM Khan suffers 'assassination' bid in anti-govt rally | What we all know | World News

Former Pakistan prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan was on Thursday shot at and injured at a political rally in Pakistan's Wazirabad - almost 200km from capital Islamabad.

Khan is claimed to be out of hazard and present process therapy. One was killed within the firing whereas a couple of others, together with his social gathering chief and senator Faisal Javed Khan, acquired accidents.

Here is what we all know thus far:

1) The assault on Khan, who was shot in his shin, got here on Thursday night after his anti-government protest convoy got here beneath assault in what his aides mentioned was a transparent assassination try by his rivals.

2) The ex-Pakistan premier underwent a surgical procedure to take away bullet fragments after he was shot within the leg at a rally in japanese Punjab province. His situation is acknowledged to be steady.

3) In keeping with studies, a gunman fired on the container-mounted truck carrying Khan from a detailed vary.

4) Protests erupted in a number of components of Pakistan in opposition to the assault on Khan

5) In a video assertion, ex-Pak PM's aide Asad Umar mentioned that Khan believed that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and intelligence official Main-Basic Faisal Naseer had been behind the assault. Umar didn't present any proof to again the allegation.

6) In keeping with studies, a bystander was killed within the assault, whereas a number of individuals had been injured.

7) Nobody has reportedly been charged for the assault. Nonetheless, a person in a video doing rounds on social media- which Muricas News couldn't independently confirm - is seen claiming to have fired photographs at Khan for “deceptive individuals”.

8) Some studies mentioned there have been two shooters on the scene.

9) The Pakistan authorities has ordered a probe into the incident and sought an instantaneous report on the incident from the IGP and chief secretary of Punjab.

10) Former info minister Fawad Chaudhry mentioned the assault on Khan was a "well-planned assassination try”.

11) Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has condemned the incident. In a tweet, he mentioned "The assault on @ImranKhanPTI and his supporters is totally unacceptable, and I strongly condemn this violence. It has no place in politics, in any democracy, or in our society. I’m wishing a speedy restoration to Imran and all who had been injured right this moment.

(With company inputs)