Ousted Pakistani Prime Minister, Imran Khan, has been reportedly shot and wounded in a gun attack on his convoy while holding a protest march in the eastern city of Wazirabad.
He was injured in the leg and four other people were also hurt when a burst of gunfire hit their platform, a container towed by a lorry.
There was no immediate official comment on the motive for the attack which allies say was an assassination bid.
The protest march had been called to demand early elections.
Mr Khan, 70, was leading the march, which was meant to end in the capital Islamabad.
The former prime minister was seen being taken to a hospital in Lahore. A party spokesman said he had been hit in the shin.
An official from his PTI party, provincial health minister Yasmeen Rashid, said Mr Khan was in a stable condition.
The BBC said the police released a video confession of a man they arrested who they said had attempted to kill the former prime minister.
It is however, unclear under what conditions the…
Source: Leadership Newspaper
