{"id":2427831,"date":"2025-04-26T14:42:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T18:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pakistani-who-wounded-ex-prime-minister-khan-in-2022-attack-is-sentenced-to-life-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-04-26T14:43:38","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T18:43:38","slug":"pakistani-who-wounded-ex-prime-minister-khan-in-2022-attack-is-sentenced-to-life-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pakistani-who-wounded-ex-prime-minister-khan-in-2022-attack-is-sentenced-to-life-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistani who wounded ex-Prime Minister Khan in 2022 attack is sentenced to life &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fpakistani-who-wounded-ex-prime-minister-khan-in-2022-attack-is-sentenced-to-life-washington-examiner%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=2427831&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>A Pakistani man named Naveed Ahmad has been sentenced to life in prison for shooting and injuring former Prime Minister Imran Khan in a 2022 attack, which also resulted in the death of one of Khan&#8217;s supporters. Ahmad fired on Khan while he was in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canadian-cop-under-investigation-over-support-for-anti-vaccine-mandate-trucker-convoy\/\" title=\"Canadian Cop Under Investigation Over Support For Anti-Vaccine Mandate Trucker Convoy\">convoy headed<\/a> to a rally in Wazirabad, Punjab, just months after Khan&#8217;s removal from office via a no<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/capitol-police-officers-issue-vote-of-no-confidence-for-top-leadership\/\" title=\"Capitol Police Officers Issue Vote Of No Confidence For Top Leadership\">-confidence vote<\/a> in April 2022. Currently, Khan is <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">serving multiple prison sentences<\/a> for various offenses, including corruption and revealing official secrets.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Pakistani who wounded ex-Prime Minister Khan in 2022 attack is sentenced to life<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2106588\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) &mdash;<\/strong> A Pakistani man who&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/pakistan-imran-khan-injured-d9f4bf37c30146fb8dbfce41ec102b97\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">shot and wounded former Prime Minister Imran Khan<\/a>&nbsp;and killed one of his supporters in 2022 was convicted and sentenced Saturday to life in prison, his lawyer said.<\/p>\n<p>The attacker, Naveed Ahmad, was arrested shortly after he opened fire on Khan in Wazirabad, a city in Punjab province, wounding him in the leg.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3392590\/what-to-know-battle-russia-kursk-region\/\">What to know about the battle for Russia&rsquo;s Kursk region<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3392482\/trump-biden-zelensky-pope-francis-funeral-takeaways\/\">Trump and Biden sit rows apart, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russian-security-tried-to-push-u-s-reporters-out-of-biden-putin-summit-reports\/\" title=\"Russian Security Tried To Push U.S. Reporters Out Of Biden-Putin Summit: Reports\">president meets<\/a> with Zelensky: Pope Francis funeral takeaways<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3392022\/russian-general-killed-car-bombing-trump-envoy-meets-putin\/\">Russian general killed in car bombing as Trump envoy meets with Putin<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3389925\/india-blamed-pakistan-terrorist-attack-kashmir-conflict\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">INDIA HAS BLAMED PAKISTAN FOR THE TERRORIST ATTACK IN KASHMIR. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Khan was traveling in a convoy of vehicles on his way to a rally in Islamabad in November 2022, after he was ousted&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-europe-pakistan-religion-elections-c01ccef08677bf8579bd7cdfe01a3d24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">in a no-confidence vote in parliament<\/a>&nbsp;in April that year.<\/p>\n<p>He is currently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boxing-management-company-shutting-lower-over-alleged-organized-crime-connection\/\" title=\"Boxing Management Company Shutting Lower Over Alleged Organized Crime Connection\">serving prison sentences<\/a> for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/pakistan-prime-minister-imran-khan-corruption-court-prison-06fe83543eedfd8e7c329206864a0652\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">corruption<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/pakistan-imran-khan-sentenced-e2305d25c8b81f031a47507063e3b745\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">revealing official secrets<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/pakistan-imran-khan-jailed-marriage-b057864c7d3e773348606898e3f26f24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">violating marriage laws<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2106588\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2106588\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistani man who shot ex-Prime Minister Khan sentenced to life<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":2427832,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/prime-minister-imran-khan.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[54133,54132,16986,54134],"class_list":["post-2427831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-2022-attack","tag-ex-prime-minister-khan","tag-pakistani","tag-sentenced-to-life"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/prime-minister-imran-khan.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2427831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2427831"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2427831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2427835,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2427831\/revisions\/2427835"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2427832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2427831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2427831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2427831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}