Khan made the remarks in a video feed from a hospital in Lahore, where he was being treated after being shot in the leg during a protest march three days earlier.
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said his supporters’ “long march” towards the capital calling for early elections will resume on Tuesday after being interrupted by an attempt on his life by a gunman.
Khan made the remarks in video streamed live on social media on Sunday from a hospital in the eastern city of Lahore, where he was being treated after being shot in the leg during the protest march three days earlier.
The head of Pakistan’s Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party was later released from the health facility.
“Our march will resume Tuesday at the spot in Wazirabad where I and 11 other people were shot and where Moazzam was martyred,” Khan announced, giving the name of PTI worker Moazzam Gondal who was killed in the attack.
The 70-year-old said he will not join in person while he recovers from his wounds but will do so when the convoy reaches the town of Rawalpindi.
Chairman PTI @ImranKhanPTI talks about the Judiciary Commission and how impartial it will be if Shehbaz Sharif, Rana Sanaullah and Maj Gen Faisal don’t step down. #حقیقی_آزادی_مارچ pic.twitter.com/VuUwoM4tdH
— PTI (@PTIofficial) November 6, 2022
Khan welcomed Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s government’s offer to set up a judicial commission to investigate the attack, but questioned whether the investigation would be impartial.
Alongside Sharif, the cricketer-turned-politician has accused Sharif, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah and a top general in the Pakistan Army of trying to assassinate him, and has called for the resignation of all three. He has not presented any evidence to support the allegation.
The government has called Khan’s allegations unfounded, saying he is damaging the country with “false and cheap conspiracies”.
Sharif on Saturday ordered the Supreme Court to set up a full court commission to investigate the “serious” allegations.
Khan claims his impeachment by a no-confidence vote in April was part of a “foreign conspiracy” planned in the United States with the help of Pakistan’s opposition parties — an accusation repeatedly denied by the government, Pakistan’s powerful military, and Washington.
Khan has held dozens of rallies across the country since April calling for snap elections. He was leading a march to Islamabad to enforce his demands when a gunman opened fire in Wazirabad district in eastern Punjab.
In the past he has also accused military officials of torturing and harassing his party staff, including a senator and his chief of staff, in custody.