Just In: Pakistan’s Former Prime Minister Imran Khan, Shot But, Survives.

Pakistan’s former Prime Minister, Imran Khan, was shot in the country’s east on Thursday, sustaining injury in the process, his aide said.

The attack was said to have taken place in Wazirabad, about 200 km (120 miles) from the capital, Islamabad.

According to a member of Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, many of Khan’s colleagues were also wounded.

Reports also have it that one person has been reported dead.

“A man opened fire with an automatic weapon. Several people are wounded. Imran Khan is also injured,” Asad Umar told Reuters.

Khan, a Former cricketer, was leading a protest march in Islamabad to demand snap elections when a bullet hit him in the shin.