Pakistani who wounded ex-prime minister Khan in 2022 attack sentenced to life

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Tuesday, April 29, 2025

27/04/2025

Pakistani who wounded ex-prime minister Khan in 2022 attack sentenced to life

Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan, right, and Bushra Bibi, his wife, speak to the media before signing documents to submit surety bond over his bails in different cases, at an office of Lahore High Court in Lahore, Pakistan, on July 17, 2023. (AP)

LAHORE, Pakistan, April 27, (AP): A Pakistani man who shot and wounded former prime minister Imran Khan and killed one of his supporters in 2022 was convicted and sentenced Saturday to life in prison, his lawyer said.

The attacker, Naveed Ahmad, was arrested shortly after he opened fire on Khan in Wazirabad, a city in Punjab province, wounding him in the leg. Khan was traveling in a convoy of vehicles on his way to a rally in Islamabad in November 2022, after he was ousted in a no-confidence vote in parliament in April that year. He is currently serving prison sentences for corruption, revealing official secrets and violating marriage laws.