LAHORE – Ousted prime minister Imran Khan on Wednesday announced he would resume his party’s long march towards Islamabad on Thursday.
In a video message late on Wednesday night, Khan said the long march would resume from the same place in the Punjab town of Wazirabad where he and 13 other people of his party came under a gun attack and were wounded. He said the long march would resume from the same point where PTI activist Moazzam Gondal was shot dead by the attacker.
Giving further details of his plan, Khan said he would address the participants in the long march in Wazirabad at 4.30pm. He said that people would have to stand up for real freedom.
Earlier, Khan said he was already aware of the plan, which had been prepared to assassinate him and announced, “I will also disclose the name of the second officer who was sitting with Maj General Faisal in the control room from around 12 noon to 5 pm monitoring the execution of the plot.
I wiĺl also disclose the name of the second officer who was sitting with Maj General Faisal in the control room from around 12 noon to 5 pm monitoring the execution of the plot.
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) November 9, 2022
Khan’s anti-government march came under a gun attack in Wazirabad on November 3 when it was on its way from Lahore to Islamabad. Khan and 13 other people were wounded and one person was killed in the gun attack.
Khan received four bullets to his legs and he was shifted to Shaukat Khanum Hospital in Lahore for treatment. Bullets were removed from his legs through surgery and he is now recovering from his wounds at home.
