Ex-Pakistan Prime Minister, Imran Khan, was shot in the foot on Thursday at a political rally.
This was disclosed by his senior aide, Raoof Hasan.
Hasan said Khan was wounded when shots were fired from the crowd near the city of Gujranwala but he is in a stable condition.
He said; “This was an attempt to kill him, to assassinate him.”
The senior aide said one of the alleged attackers had been shot dead and the other taken into police custody.
It was reported that Khan has been leading a march since last Friday from the city of Lahore towards the capital Islamabad, campaigning for fresh elections after he was ousted from office this spring.
Each day during his so-called “long march” 70-year-old Khan will mount a shipping container towed by a lorry, making speeches from the open top to crowds of thousands in cities and towns along the way.