Islamabad

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), led by senior leader Shah Mahmood Qureshi, resumed its march to the capital on Thursday after the protest procession was interrupted last week, following an assassination bid on party leader Imran Khan.

Thousands of opposition supporters gathered in the city of Wazirabad in the province of Punjab ahead of the protest march.

Qureshi, the former foreign minister, addressed the crowd, promising that Imran Khan would take over as the leader of the march from Rawalpindi, the twin city of Islamabad.

Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan was shot in the legs on November 3, six days into the protest march. On Wednesday, he accused a senior army officer, Major General Faisal Naseer, of being behind the attempt on his life.

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As the PTI resumed its "Haqeeqi Azadi march," the provincial government of Punjab sent 1,542 personnel along with officers in four provinces districts to ensure security arrangements are in place.