Former Pakistan PM Khan wounded in shooting at convoy - aide

[November 03, 2022]  ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was wounded in the shin on Thursday when his convoy was shot at in the country's east on Thursday, an aide said.

Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan pledges to his supporters, during what they call 'a true freedom march', to pressure the government to announce new elections, in Lahore, Pakistan October 28, 2022. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

"A man opened fire with an automatic weapon. Several people are wounded. Imran Khan is also injured," Asad Umar told Reuters. Khan was taken to hospital.

Former cricketer Khan, 70, was leading a protest march on Islamabad to demand snap elections.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned the shooting and ordered the interior minister to seek an immediate investigation.

(Reporting by Gibran Pehismam and Asif Shahzad; editing by John Stonestreet and Nick Macfie)

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