Ex-Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was shot in the leg during a protest march

Party official, has confirmed that  the former prime minister was shot in the leg but is not in danger.

After shots were fired at a rally in Gujranwala, Pakistan’s former prime minister, Imran Khan, was hit in the leg.

Azhar Mashwani, a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf official, confirmed to Al Jazeera that Khan was shot in the leg but was not in danger.

Khan, who has been leading a protest march to the capital, Islamabad, demanding snap elections, was taken to a hospital in Lahore.

The identity of the shooter who opened fire at a container truck carrying Khan was not immediately clear. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.