Imran Khan speaks publicly for first time since surviving shooting

Pakistan's erstwhile Prime Minister Imran Khan has made his archetypal nationalist code since helium was changeable during a protestation march successful the eastbound metropolis of Wazirabad.

Sitting successful a wheelchair astatine a infirmary successful Lahore, Mr Khan said helium wouldn't person survived the shooting if the 2 shooters helium saw had "synchronised" their attack.

"Because I fell, 1 of the shooters thought I had died, and left," helium said.

Last month, Pakistan's predetermination committee disqualified Mr Khan from holding nationalist office, successful a lawsuit described by the erstwhile prima cricketer arsenic politically motivated.

In a video confession released by police, 1 antheral accused of shooting him said the erstwhile cricketer was "misguiding" the people, and that helium "wanted to termination him" for doing so. The conditions nether which the confession was carried retired are unclear.

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