ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Imran Khan will announce the date of the arrival of his protest march to Rawalpindi city on Saturday, his aide Asad Umar confirmed on Wednesday.

Supporters of Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party are marching toward the capital while he recuperates in Lahore. Khan received gunshot wounds in Wazirabad city on November 3 while he led supporters during protest march to the capital.

Ousted via a parliamentary vote in April, Khan has accused the government of colluding with the US to remove him from office through a “foreign conspiracy.” Washington and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif have both rejected Khan’s allegations.

Khan has demanded snap elections across the country, which PM Sharif has repeatedly turned down. The former prime minister has since vowed to gather thousands of supporters in Islamabad to pressurize the government to hold elections as soon as possible.

His party has said Khan plans to arrive in Islamabad’s twin city, Rawalpindi, before marching to the capital with a large number of supporters.

“Imran Khan will announce the date of arrival of the long march in Rawalpindi during a jalsa (rally) on Saturday,” Umar wrote on Twitter.

Khan’s march came to an abrupt halt on November 3 when a gunman attacked his rally in Wazirabad. The former premier has since been recuperating in Lahore and addressing marchers via video link.

He has blamed the prime minister, the interior minister and a senior intelligence officer for being behind the assassination attempt on his life. The government and military leadership have both rejected his allegations.

Khan said it would take him four weeks to recover and be back on his feet again, vowing to continue his mission to establish rule of law in Pakistan despite threats to his life.