Azhar Mashwani, an official with Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, confirmed on Thursday that the politician was shot in the leg but was not in danger. Six others, including another politician, Faisal Javed Khan, were also injured in the attack.
Khan, who had been leading a protest march to the capital, Islamabad, demanding snap elections, was taken to a hospital in Lahore.
The identity of the gunman, who was arrested by police at the scene, was identified as Faisal Butt. Police released his video confession where he said he acted on his own and he wanted to kill Imran Khan because he believed that Khan was "misleading" Pakistani nation.
Footage on local media showed Khan with a bandaged leg moving from his truck to another vehicle with the help of his security team.
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