The shots will echo through the country for weeks, if not months, plunging Pakistan ever deeper into political uncertainty
E HAD JUST waved to the crowd from atop his caravan when gunshots broke through the strains of “Allah Hoo”, a famous devotional song, that had been blaring on the speakers alongside. Imran Khan and his associates ducked, but not before he took a bullet in the leg. Others near him were hit, too.
Mr Khan, a former prime minister, was removed from power in April after a vote of no confidence. He has made life miserable for the government ever since, pushing wild, unfounded claims that the army had conspired with America to depose him. He constantly demands fresh elections. Videos on social media show a shooter raising a pistol in the direction of Mr Khan, who was at his usual perch atop the container that has been carrying him from rally to rally since he started his march on October 28th. The shooter was taken into police custody. Mr Khan, according to party officials, has blamed the prime minister, the interior minister and a general in military intelligence for the attack.
Adding to the murkiness of Pakistan’s political environment is a three-way struggle for power. The army, which calls the shots behind the scenes and is led by General Qamar Javed Bajwa, has accused Mr Khan of maligning the military and manipulating the public against it. Last week, in a historic first, the head of the powerful military-intelligence agency addressed a press conference, attacking Mr Khan and dismissing his claims of an American conspiracy.
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