ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s military has called Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan’s allegations of plotting his assassination against Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah and an army chief as “baseless and irresponsible”. Told. Pakistani military media wing, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), in a statement issued in this regard said, “The baseless and irresponsible allegations against the institution and especially a senior army officer by the PTI chief are completely unacceptable and unnecessary.” are,” Dawn reported.
Imran Khan targets anti-government march
Imran was shot dead on Thursday evening when he was in his container when his party’s ‘Hakiki Azadi’ march reached Allahwala Chowk in Wazirabad. The former prime minister has held as Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah and a senior intelligence officer. responsible for his assassination attempt and demanded his resignation, Senior PTI leader Umar Asad has demanded that the three men – the prime minister, the home minister and the senior military officer – should be removed from their offices.
Addressing the nation for the first time since the earlier assassination attempt today, Imran described the attack in Wazirabad. He specifically urged the Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa to hold the “black sheep” in his institution accountable.
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“What happened in East Pakistan. The biggest party that won, they acted against it…”, says Imran Khan as he draws parallels between 1971 and 2022 in his country. pic.twitter.com/GPRDGiFPyk— Siddhant Sibal (@sidhant) 4 November 2022
Meanwhile, Punjab Police has confirmed that seven people were injured and one person was killed in the firing incident. According to the police, the deceased has been identified as Muazzam Nawaz. The suspected shooter who opened fire during the rally was caught by the Punjab Police, where he admitted that he wanted to kill Imran Khan as “he was misleading the public.”
“I thought this because Azaan was going on and on the other hand, Imran Khan is taking out his container and making noise. My conscience did not approve of this. I took this sudden decision… I plotted against Imran Khan when He started his long march from Lahore. I decided not to leave him alive.”
Responding to whether there was anyone else in the conspiracy, the shooter said, “I have hatched this conspiracy alone and no one else is involved. I came on a bike and I parked it at my uncle’s shop.” . He has a motorcycle. Showroom.”
Hours after the assassination attempt against Imran Khan, people protested in front of the Corps Commander’s House in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Defense Minister Khawaja Asif, in a provocative address on Friday, blamed the assassination attempt on PTI chief Imran Khan on the former prime minister, which he described as “crossing the red line of religion”, Dawn reported.
He expressed these views during the National Assembly (NA) centered on yesterday’s assassination attempt on the former prime minister, which he alleged was being used to advance “political purposes”.
Imran, who has been leading an anti-government protest march to the capital for nearly a week, narrowly escaped a gun attack in Punjab’s Wazirabad on Thursday. When the container was hit by a barrage of bullets, his calf was injured.