Imran Khan's Shooting Has Grim Echoes Of 2007 Benazir Bhutto Assassination

Imran Khan was hit in the leg and at least 10 others wounded when a gunman sprayed a salvo from the kerbside.

For days, Imran Khan's slow-moving "long march" rally has been a hive of activity with reporters and aides swarming Pakistan's former prime minister as he delivered speeches to thousands of supporters.

But on Friday morning, the modified shipping container he would often stand atop was a blood-splattered, bullet-pierced husk -- a reminder of Pakistan's sinister political violence.

"This is a horrible tradition that we have," lamented local businessman Osman Butt, who witnessed Thursday's attack on Khan.

Khan was hit in the leg and at least 10 others wounded when a gunman sprayed a salvo from the kerbside.