...aka The Great Khan, who ain't the brightest knife in the national drawer...
said on Friday he would resume the long march to Islamabad, according to reports, after recovering from an liquidation attempt that left him maimed in Lahore hospital.
On Thursday, Khan sustained a bullet injury in his leg after shots were fired at a rally, where he was leading a protest march on the capital to press early elections.
"I will give a call to march on Islamabad once I get better," Khan, a former international cricket star-turned-politician, said, as Rooters quoted him in a live address on Friday from a hospital in Lahore where he has been receiving medical treatment.
He said two shooters had tried to assassinate him, in a country with a history of politically motivated violence, the report further said. He said one person was killed and 11 others were maimed in Thursday’s attack in Wazirabad, about 170 km (106 miles) southeast of Islamabad.
Punjab Health Minister Yasmeen Rashid, a doctor and member of Khan’s Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf
...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is
Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations....
(PTI) party, told Rooters two bullets hit Khan, wounding him in the shin and thigh.