One man is in custody following the attack, which government officials have said was the work of a lone gunman and 'a very clear case of religious extremism.' Khan, 70, was wounded by gunfire aimed at his open-top container truck as he led a political party convoy through thick crowds in the eastern city of Wazirabad on Thursday. The shooting-and Khan's accusation that his successor Shehbaz Sharif was involved-have significantly raised the political temperature in a country that has been on the boil since he was ousted in April.įormer information minister Fawad Chaudhry told AFP that Khan 'has been discharged' and a local TV channel showed him wearing a blue hospital gown as he left the Lahore clinic by wheelchair.
ISLAMABAD - Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan left hospital on Sunday, a senior aide said, three days after being shot in the legs in a failed assassination attempt.
