Former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan , said three bullets were taken from his right leg in the shooting that wounded him last week. Khan survived the shooting at a political rally in Gujranwala on Thursday, an incident his party called an assassination attempt.
In an interview with CNN , on Monday (7), Khan said: “They took three bullets out of my right leg. The left had some shrapnel they left inside.” He said his bone was damaged and his leg was in a cast, adding that it would take four to six weeks for him to resume normal activity.
Speaking from his home in Zaman Park, Lahore, Khan said he had information from intelligence agencies that the shooting that wounded him last week would take place.
When asked what information he received about the incident and from whom, Khan said: “Remember, three and a half years I was in power. I have connections with intelligence agencies, the different agencies that operate. How did I get the information? From within intelligence agencies. Because? Because most people are horrified by what is happening in this country.”
Last week, the Pakistani intelligence agency said it had communicated “about the threat” to Khan ahead of the rally. “The organization had already sensitized the federal government about the threat to the former prime minister, who had communicated this to the Punjab provincial government,” Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) said in a statement.
The ISI also said Khan’s security was under the authority of the Punjab provincial government, which is led by Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party.
Last Friday, Khan blamed “establishment” figures for a plot to kill him – a claim vehemently denied by government and security officials. “As events unfolded, they are in this discourse. How would that happen, how in the name of blasphemy a religious fanatic would kill me and they would blame him. It’s all in my speech that I put on television — it’s on social media,” he said in reference to a speech he made on September 24, in which he said he described how the events of the shooting would unfold.
When asked about suggestions from his critics that accusing the current government of carrying out the attack would help Khan return to office, he replied that he “doesn’t need any reason to accuse this government for me to return to power”, adding that his Pakistani party Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has remained popular since his ouster in April. “They tried everything to get me out of the way. When that didn’t happen, that was planned,” she added.
One person died in Thursday’s attack, which injured several others, while Khan was taken to a hospital in Lahore for treatment after the shooting.
Speaking from the hospital on Friday, and without offering evidence, Khan blamed Prime Minister Shebaz Sharif, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah and General Faisal, who is a top intelligence official.
THE CNN is contacting the three men for comment.
Pakistan’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting last week denied Khan’s allegations against Sharif and Sanaullah at a news conference. Pakistan’s military also reacted to Khan’s claims, calling them “baseless and irresponsible” and “absolutely unacceptable and unnecessary”.
In a statement Friday night, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) called Khan’s accusations against the military and military officers “highly regrettable and strongly condemned.”
“Pakistan’s army prides itself on being an extremely professional and well-disciplined organization with a robust and highly effective internal accountability system applicable to all illegal acts, if any, committed by uniformed personnel,” the statement read.
“However, if the honor, security and prestige of its ranks are being tarnished by interests acquired through frivolous allegations, the institution will protect its officers and soldiers no matter what,” he continued.
THE CNN reported on Monday that Khan wrote a letter to Pakistani President Arif Alvi saying that since Khan’s government was removed from power in April, his party has been faced with “an ever-increasing scale of false allegations, harassment, arrests and torture.” in custody”.
The letter, obtained by CNN from a source close to the former prime minister, it is dated November 6, three days after Khan survived the shooting.
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