Former Pakistan prime minister shot

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Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was shot in the leg while leading a protest march Thursday. Gunfire rained onto his convoy and he was en route to Islamabad in a demonstration aimed at pushing for new elections. The shooting is inflaming an already heated political situation in Pakistan. The World’s Carolyn Beeler updates us from Karachi, Pakistan.

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