Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has rejected allegations that he was involved in the assassination attempt on opposition leader Imran Khan, as supporters of the former prime minister continue to protest, demanding an investigation into the shooting.
Khan was shot in the leg during an anti-government rally on Thursday. The cricketer-turned-politician has blamed Sharif, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah and a top general of the Pakistan army for attempting to assassinate him.
“I don’t have the right to remain in office if there is any shred of evidence found regarding my involvement in this case,” Sharif said on Saturday, adding that there was no evidence presented against the three people named by Khan.
“I will quit politics forever if it comes to that,” he told reporters in the northeastern city of Lahore.
Sharif said the former prime minister is damaging the country with “false and cheap conspiracies”. He urged the Supreme Court to form a full-court commission to investigate the “grave” allegations.
Credit: Aljazeera.com
