Imran Khan's party all set to resume stalled long march on Thursday

Imran Khans Pakistan TehreekeInsaf party is all set to resume its stalled long march on Thursday from Wazirabad area of Punjab province where an assassination attempt was made on the former prime minister last weekKhan 70 suffered bullet injuries in the right leg when two gunmen fired a volley of bullets at him and others standing on a containermounted truck in the Wazirabad area where he was leading the march last weekHe underwent surgery for bullet injuries at the Shaukat Khanum Hospital owned by his charitable organisation He is advised to take rest for four to six weeks by doctorsThe long march was suspended following the attack on KhanKhan who is recovering from his injuries had announced resumption of the long march on Tuesday but later the party changed the decision and rescheduled it for Thursday He would join the long march in Rawalpindi when it reaches there in 10 to 14 daysAlso Read ED issues fresh summons to Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren for November 17PTI vicechairman and former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi will lead the march from Wazirabad on Thursday at 2 pm local time PTI Punjab leader and health minister Dr Yasmin Rashid told PTI on WednesdayThe long march will resume with prayers for those killed and injured in the shooting A sea of people will reach Islamabad to push the coalition government of 13 parties led by PMLN to announce the date for early elections she saidOne person was killed and 11 others including Khan were injured in the attack during the long marchPunjab police on Tuesday registered an FIR over the failed assassination bid on Khan a day after the Supreme Court ordered the provincial police chief to register the case within 24 hours or face suo motu actionThe FIR named the assailant Naveed Mohammad Basheer as the prime accused in Thursdays attack and booked him under the AntiTerrorism Act However it did not mention the names of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah and Major General Faisal Naseer three people who Khan had accused of hatching a plot to assassinate himKhan has expressed displeasure over the registration of the FIR regarding the attack on him as it did not have the names of the suspects he had namedCommenting on the case Khan said that his lawyers would give his position on the farcical FIRKhan also said that his partys doors were open to all democratic loving forcesFor the future of Pakistan the doors of PTI are open to all democratic loving forces to join our struggle for Justice rule of law and freedom from foreign subservience our goal of Haqeeqi Azadi he tweetedHe said that the statement of the suspect who opened fire at him and his other party men in Wazirabad is a pack of liesiquestKhan said he will disclose the name of the second officer who was sitting with Maj General Faisal in the control room from around 12 noon to 5 pm monitoring the execution of the plotKhan who was ousted as prime minister in april this year after a noconfidence motion was passed in the National Assembly is seeking fresh general elections in PakistanHowever the federal government led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is opposed to holding elections now The term of the current National Assembly will end in August 2023The political turmoil in Pakistan comes as it reels from the economic crisis and the effects of devastating floodsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever