Ahsan Iqbal injured in assassination attempt

Ahsan Iqbal injured in assassination attempt

Narowal (Staff Report): Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal was shot and injured by unknown assailants on Sunday.

According to initial reports, Ahsan was leaving after attending a public rally in Kanjrur, an area of Narowal, when unknown armed man attacked him. The minister received a bullet wound at his arm. 

He was immediately shifted to a nearby hospital.

According to DPO Imran Kishwar, the assailant, aged between 20-22 years, shot four bullets at the interior minister as he was sitting in his vehicle.

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Police have arrested the man who fired shots at Iqbal. The attacker has been identified as Abid.