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Podcast: In Focus by The Hindu
Episode: The attempt to kill Imran Khan and its implications for Pakistan
Description: Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan was shot in the shin even as one of his party workers was killed as a gunman opened fire at a container carrying the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insafβs senior leadership.Imran, who has been leading a long march demanding fresh elections and an end to the Armyβs political role, underwent surgery in Lahore but is said to be fine.A senior PTI leader, Asad Umar, directly blamed Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah and a Major-General in the ISI Directorate, Faisal Naseer, for the assassination bid.So...