{"id":1723330,"date":"2022-11-03T13:03:38","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T17:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1723330"},"modified":"2022-11-03T13:03:58","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T17:03:58","slug":"former-pakistani-prime-minister-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-pakistani-prime-minister-shot\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Pakistani Prime Minister Shot"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">10<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-pakistani-prime-minister-shot%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1723330&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan was shot in an alleged assassination attempt Thursday. He was rushed to the hospital where he is in stable condition, and the alleged gunman has been arrested.<\/p>\n<p>Khan was waving to a crowd from atop a container truck during a protest march when shots rang out. The former prime minister, as well as several of his supporters, were injured in the attack. One person has reportedly died.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Khan\u2019s political party, PTI, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/shots-fired-near-convoy-former-pakistan-pm-imran-khan-media-2022-11-03\/\">told<\/a> Reuters that \u201cit was a clear assassination attempt. Khan was hit but he\u2019s stable. There was a lot of bleeding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The suspected shooter was immediately taken into custody and police later released <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XWxyNGCEm7s&#038;ab_channel=ARYNews\">video<\/a> of the suspect allegedly confessing to the shooting.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect, who has been identified by Pakistan\u2019s Information Minister as Faisal Butt, said in the video that he acted alone and\u00a0 \u201cOnly Imran Khan was my target,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/pakistan-imran-khan-injured-d9f4bf37c30146fb8dbfce41ec102b97\">according<\/a> to the Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>In April, Khan was removed from the his position as prime minister by a no-confidence vote in parliament after he was accused of corruption and violating the constitution, CNBC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/11\/03\/former-pakistan-pm-imran-khan-reportedly-shot-and-wounded.html\">reported<\/a>. Then, in October, Pakistan\u2019s election commission prohibited Khan from holding office again for five years because of \u201ccorrupt practices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As a result of Khan\u2019s removal from office, small protests by his supporters erupted throughout the country.<\/p>\n<p>For the past week, Khan has been on a campaign tour from Lahore to Pakistan\u2019s capital Islamabad, calling for early elections and radical change in Pakistan elections. A large convoy of trucks and cars has grown around Khan\u2019s tour, and he was six days into the protest procession when he was shot.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7KvKN5I4T5Y&#038;ab_channel=GeoNews\">press conference<\/a> announcing his march, he explained, \u201cI am marching to press the government to announce elections immediately,\u201d adding that his supporters should avoid any violence.<\/p>\n<p>Among the wounded was Faisal Javed, a Pakistani lawmaker, who said in a video after the shooting that the attack would not stop Khan\u2019s march to the capital.<\/p>\n<p>Khan\u2019s calls for snap elections have not quite panned out. The Pakistani government has reaffirmed that elections will be held as scheduled next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan was shot in an alleged assassination attempt Thursday. He was rushed to the hospital where he is in stable condition, and the alleged gunman has been arrested. Khan was waving to a crowd from atop a container truck during a protest march when shots rang out. 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