{"id":11873,"date":"2022-11-04T16:30:06","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T16:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=11873"},"modified":"2022-11-04T16:30:06","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T16:30:06","slug":"knew-about-assassination-attempt-beforehand-imran-khan-breaks-silence-following-murderous-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/knew-about-assassination-attempt-beforehand-imran-khan-breaks-silence-following-murderous-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Knew about assassination attempt beforehand’: Imran Khan breaks silence following murderous attack"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘Knew about assassination attempt beforehand’: Imran Khan breaks silence following murderous attack. After being shot and injured in an assassination attempt while standing atop a container during his long march, PTI Chairman Imran Khan<\/a> finally decided to break his silence and said that he had learned about the looming danger beforehand.<\/p>\n

“I\u00a0 had already learned that there was a plan in place to kill me somewhere between Wazirabad and Gujrat,” Khan said as he spoke during a televised address while still being admitted at the Shaukat Khanum Hospital in Lahore where he is receiving treatment for his injuries.<\/p>\n

Providing details of how “they” planned to assassinate him, Khan said, “they used similar methods they tried using against [former Punjab governor] Salman Taseer”.<\/p>\n

“They tried to accuse me of blasphemy to turn the public against me,” he said.<\/p>\n

At the beginning of his address, Khan started berating the incumbent government and lamented how his government was ousted through a motion of no-confidence.<\/p>\n

“The government could have never lost the no-trust move, but they [the coalition leaders] used money to become successful,” he said, adding that the PTI-led government also had the financial means to engage in horse trading but it refrained from doing so.<\/p>\n

He said that when the PTI was in power, the then-opposition took out three long marches against the government but “we didn’t stop anyone.”<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhat they did to Journalists, Azam Swati, Shahbaz Gill and with this attempt they have damaged Pakistan\u2019s image\u201d-@ImranKhanPTI<\/a> #\u0639\u0645\u0631\u0627\u0646_\u062e\u0627\u0646_\u06c1\u0645\u0627\u0631\u06cc_\u0631\u06cc\u0688_\u0644\u0627\u06cc\u0646_\u06c1\u06d2<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/QJ3OyhF8Or<\/a><\/p>\n

— PTI (@PTIofficial) November 4, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n