A gunman opened fire while Mr Khan, 70, was giving a speech to supporters at a rally in Wazirabad in Punjab province, wounding him and some of his supporters, officials said.

Sky's Cordelia Lynch, who was at the scene, said a Sky News producer saw the injured former cricketer emerge from his container truck.

Mr Khan was rushed away from the scene to a hospital in Lahore, and his supporters said he had survived the assassination attempt.

Source: Sky news