Former Pak PM Imran Khan's aide attacked in UK over viral speech against Asim Munir

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan.

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's adviser Shahzad Akbar was brutally attacked in United Kingdom's Cambridge, Pakistan's Tehreek-e-Insaf on Thursday said.

The party said that a 25 or 30-year-old attacker punched Shahzad in the face, breaking his nose and jaw, according to a report by The Times of India.

He has been hospitalised and is undergoing treatment, according to his supporters.

Akbar, who served as accountability adviser of the Imran Khan government, is a vocal critic of Pakistan's Defence Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir and the human rights situation in the South Asian country. His recent speech against Munir went viral, following which Islamabad tried to extradite him from the UK.

His supporters are alleging the attack was carried out at the direction of Munir, labelling it as a case of "transnational repression", according to a report by NDTV.

In his speech, that is now going viral, Shahzad Akbar criticised Munir, saying the Defence Chief tried to run Pakistan with "fear and terror for the past three and a half years."

"He attacked our homes, he kidnapped our loved ones, he kidnapped us, he kidnapped our leaders, and he kidnapped our families. He did all kinds of atrocities to instil fear and terror in us. If he had been successful, we would not have been here in large numbers today. If he had been successful and his fear and terror had spread, there would not have been Imran Khan's three sisters sitting outside Adiala Jail in Pakistan. This means that he has failed," he said.