Terrorist tasked to assassinate Imran Khan, claims Fayyaz Chohan.

In a startling claim, PTI leader Fayyaz Chohan said Saturday that 'some people' have tasked a terrorist with assassinating former prime minister Imran Khan, who was removed from office in April.

'I have details that some people have ordered a terrorist named 'Cochi' in Afghanistan to assassinate PTI Chairman Imran Khan,' the former provincial minister said in a tweet.

Amid the rumours of threats to Khan, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif directed the Interior Ministry last month to provide water-tight security to the PTI chairman at his home in Islamabad and during political rallies.

In a jalsa last month, Khan revealed that there was a threat to his life, following which he recorded a video of the characters behind the "conspiracy" against his government, and if something happens to him, it will be released.

The ousted prime minister, in...