People have expressed anti-army sentiments after Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chief Imran Khan accused the military of planning his downfall along with the United States.
"A new drama was plotted. When the news first came, we were worried and expressed sympathy. But now we've realised that (Imran Khan) has left Shahrukh Khan and Salman Khan behind in acting," Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) chief Rehman was quoted as saying by Geo News.
Imran Khan was shot during his long march in Wazirabad on Thursday, leading to bullet injuries in his legs. A day later, the PTI chief said he knew beforehand that assassination was being planned against him.
Pakistan government on Saturday instructed the media regulatory to lift the ban on channels from broadcasting or rebroadcasting PTI Chairman Imran Khan's press conferences.
Speaking for the first time, since the assassination attempt on him, Imran Khan said, "There are only two options left with this public: a peaceful or a bloody revolution. There is no third way. I have seen this nation wake up and this genie of awareness."
The 70-year-old cricketer-turned-politician was ousted from power in April this year, by a vote of confidence. Imran Khan said his government would have never lost the no-trust move.
Pakistan Electronic and Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Thursday prohibited news channels from airing Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Asad Umar's video wherein he said that Imran Khan believed "Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the country's Interior Minister and a top ISI General"
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