Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has been targeted in a suspected assassination attempt, it is being reported.
Initial reports suggest he has been injured, with local media saying he has been shot in the leg.
According to local media a gunman opened fire on Mr Khan’s vehicle, using fireworks as cover for the noise of the shots.
Four people were injured and Imran Khan was hit in the leg. A gunman has been arrested.
Last month he challenged an election commission ruling disqualifying him from holding public office for five years.
The commission on Friday found that Mr Khan illegally sold state gifts and concealed assets as premier.
The ruling disqualified Mr Khan under Pakistani law from holding public office for five years and he lost his seat in parliament automatically.
The commission’s decision deepened lingering political turmoil in the impoverished Islamic country, which is struggling with a spiralling economy, food shortages and the aftermath of unprecedented floods this summer that killed 1,725 people, displaced hundreds of thousands and triggered a surge in malaria and other flood-related diseases.
