The chief of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), Maulana Fazlur Rehman has alleged that the attack on former Prime Minister Imran Khan was a “drama”. He commented that Imran Khan has outshined Indian actors Shahrukh Khan and Salman Khan in terms of acting skills. Khan, who was shot in the right leg on Thursday, underwent a successful operation and was released from the hospital on Sunday. He is currently living in a private home in Lahore.


Rahman said: “Initially I had sympathised with Imran Khan upon hearing about the Wazirabad episode, but now it seems that it was a drama,” as per the report of the Dawn newspaper.


He claimed that the ambiguity surrounding Khan's injuries was cause for concern. According to the report, it was unclear if “a single shot was fired at Imran or more” and whether the injury was “on one leg or on both,'' the report added.


Maulana Fazl also pointed out that it was intriguing that Khan “was taken to Lahore instead of being admitted to a nearby hospital (in Wazirabad)”.


Casting doubts on the injuries sustained by Khan, the 70-year-old chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's, PDM and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) chief Rahman has said that Khan has "outshined Bollywood stars Shahrukh Khan and Salman Khan in acting skills," the Express Tribune reported.


PTI claimed that Khan was hurt by "broken pieces" from gunshots fired by a guy during the long march at Gukkhar on Thursday. The JUI-F leader refuted this assertion.


He said: “How is it possible that a bullet broke into pieces? We have heard about a piece from a bomb, but not a bullet. Blind people have accepted Khan's lies. We also condemned the (shooting incident) when we heard about the attack on Khan... whether he was hit by one, two, or four bullets or fragments. We have heard bomb fragments but heard of bullet fragments for the first time." He added, “Why is he being treated at a cancer hospital for bullet injuries.”


Khan underwent the surgery for gunshot wounds at the Shaukat Khanum Hospital which coincidentally is owned by his charitable organisation only.


The JUI-F chief while referring to a statement of the PTI chief’s physician said he heard for the first time that the “aorta is also present in the shin”. “There are contradictions in the statements of the doctors,” he was quoted as saying by the Express Tribune newspaper.


Fazlur alleged that Imran, who would label other people as ‘thieves’, turned out to be a "thief" himself.


(With inputs from PTI)