The Prime Minister “firmly” condemns the event and calls for an “immediate” report on the attack
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Jan was shot and wounded this Thursday after a man opened fire during a demonstration called by his party, Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) against the government, in the midst of his clash with the new authorities after his dismissal in a motion of censure in April.
Farruj Habib, a senior member of the PTI, has indicated on his Twitter account that Jan has been injured by the shots in the Wazirabad area, while the newspaper ‘Dawn’ has pointed out that Faisal Yaved is also among the injured. , another high position of the formation.
According to information collected by the Pakistani television network Geo TV, the leader of the PTI has suffered injuries to his leg and has been taken to a hospital, with no further details about his condition at the moment. Police have indicated that the attacker has been arrested.
Fauad Chaudhri, another senior party official, has estimated the number of wounded at three and has denounced a “deliberate attack” against Jan, who would have received between “three and four” shots in the leg, as detailed by Imran Ismail, also a member of the formation led by the former prime minister.
The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shehbaz Sharif, has “firmly” condemned the event and has called for an “immediate” report on what happened. “The Prime Minister has ordered the Home Minister, Rana Sanaulá, to request an immediate report from the Police and the Chief Minister of Punjab,” the Pakistani government said on Twitter.
For his part, the chief minister of the Punjab region, Parvez Elahi, stressed that “those responsible for this incident will soon be brought to justice”, before assuring that “the injured must have the best medical care”. “A report has been requested from the Inspector General of the Police”, he has highlighted in his account on this same social network.
Jan himself, who has called for a “long march” to achieve “real freedom”, said on Wednesday that the demonstrations could last ten months. “Let the nation choose who rules and brings prosperity,” he said, in a new appeal to Prime Minister Sharif to call early elections.
This is the second march organized by Jan this year. The first was held in late May, but ended once protesters reached the Red Light District in Islamabad, where the main government buildings are located.
Jan, who became the first Pakistani leader to be impeached in a no-confidence motion in April, was disqualified in late October by the electoral commission for failing to declare money from the sale of gifts and gifts received from international leaders. when he was in charge of the government.
His departure from office was followed by growing political tension marked by turncoat scandals and massive protests for and against the prime minister, denounced by the opposition alliance of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (MDP) as a “puppet” of the Army. The Armed Forces are considered the most powerful establishment in Pakistan since its independence from the British Raj in 1947.
