Suspect in 2022 assassination bid on Pakistan’s Imran Khan gets life in prison

The collage of images shows Naveed Ahmed (left), who made an assassination attempt on former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan (right) during a rally in Wazirabad, Pakistan, on November 3, 2022. (Screengrab/Urdu News/Social Media/File)
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Updated 27 April 2025
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Suspect in 2022 assassination bid on Pakistan’s Imran Khan gets life in prison

  • Naveed Ahmad was arrested after he opened fire on Khan in Wazirabad in November 2022 during a rally
  • Khan is currently serving prison sentences for corruption, revealing official secrets and violating marriage laws

LAHORE: 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.