• Shaukat Ali Bhatti said Imran Khan had reached on top of the container, as he was already standing on the container along other PTI leaders.
• At once, bullets were fired and first of all Mehr Umar fell down, he said.
• He said pistols and rifles were used in the firing.

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) MNA Shaukat Ali Bhatti on Thursday said it was not one person who shot away at PTI Chairman Imran Khan, there were multiple people involved in the firing incident, Bol News reported.

Exclusively talking to BOl News, Shaukat Ali Bhatti said Imran Khan had reached on top of the container, as he was already standing on the container along other PTI leaders. At once, bullets were fired and first of all Mehr Umar fell down, he said.

He said pistols and rifles were used in the firing. When he saw Imran Khan, a bedlam had begun, he maintained. “I along Omar Ayub came to the hospital in Lahore from Wazirabad,” he said adding that Imran Khan was doing fine.

“May Allah (SWT) give Imran Khan healthy and long life,” he prayed.

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At least one person was killed and eight others wounded in the assassination bid on Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Thursday in Wazirabad, Bol News reported.

During PTI’s long march, the attempt to kill Imran Khan was made. Eight including Imran Khan, Senator Faisal Javed, PTI Central Punjab Senior Vice President Chaudhry Muhammad Ahmed Chattha got wounded. Whereas, the deceased has been identified as Muazzam Shahzad Gondal son of Muhammad Nawaz Gondal, a resident of Ala’abad, Siyal Colony, Wazirabad.

The injured were rushed to the District Headquarters Hospital, Gujranwala, while Imran Khan was shifted to Lahore for treatment.

Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) leader Dr Yasmin Rashid on Thursday said PTI chief Imran was doing fine.

Former prime minister Khan got injured when two men reportedly opened fire near the reception camp at Allahwala Chowk, Wazirabad, during PTI’s long march.

In a statement, Yasmin Rashid said Imran sustained two bullet injuries to his leg. She said she had asked him to get bulletproof glass installed on the container.

“Now you have CROSSED THE LINE. You CANNOT DETER US. You cannot. Imran Khan is injured but safe. There are some critical but we will NOT BE DETERRED and we will take you to task! May Allah protect us all,” she tweeted.

PTI leader Faisal Javed, who also got injured in the attack, said their morale was high. He said the PTI chief was alive and kicking. “The movement of freedom will not stop now,” he said.