2022 Azadi March II

Government and its supporters: Supported by Supported by Shehbaz Sharif (PMLN) Rana Sanaullah (PMLN) Maryam Nawaz (PMLN)Supported by Bilawal Bhutto Zardari (PPP) Mahmood Khan Achakzai (PkMAP) Fazal-ur-Rehman (JUI (F)) Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui (MQM-P) Syed Mustafa Kamal (PSP) Nawaz Sharif (PMLN) Altaf Hussain (MQM-L) Imran Khan (PTI) Aamir Liaquat Hussain (PTI) Shah Mahmood Qureshi (PTI) Supported by Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad (AML) Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi (PML (Q)) Raja Nasir Abbas (MWM) Pir of Pagaro VIII (GDA) Muhammad Khan Sherani (JUI-P) 10,000 – 25,000+ protesters.

Khan decided to push for the dissolution of the provincial assemblies of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to force early elections instead of continuing the march.

[25][26][27] On 30 October 2022, Sadaf Naeem, a journalist for a Pakistani news TV channel died in an accident while trying to cover the march in close proximity.

[citation needed] Khan was shot in the shin and thigh on the right leg and was transferred to Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre in Lahore, where he underwent treatment.

His doctor, Faisal Sultan, said that X-rays and scans showed bullet fragments lodged in Khan's legs, and that his tibia was fractured.