A video posted on former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's Facebook page showed him being helped into a car, after being shot in the shin on Thursday.
The 70-year-old leader of opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party was hit by at least one bullet in his right leg, his senior aid Rauf Hassan confirmed to VOA.
The gun attack in Wazirabad town, central Punjab province, left at least one person dead and several wounded, Hassan added.
Khan was transported to a hospital in Lahore, the capital of Punjab, about 150 kilometers from the site of the attack, where doctors said he was in a stable condition, according to the aide.
Video footage showed a gunman firing from the ground at Khan who was atop a purpose-built truck leading the protest march.
Witnesses said that a participant quickly attempted to overpower the suspected shooter while he was still firing with his automatic weapon and fatally hit a marcher. Police later took the suspected assailant into custody. In a purported video confession later released to reporters, the suspect said his only mission was to kill Khan for “misleading” the public.
PTI leaders, however, questioned the identity of the detained suspect and his subsequent video confession, saying it was an attempt to cover up the assassination plot. They alleged that there was more than one assailant.
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