Pakistan’s Interior Minister, Ahsan Iqbal, was shot and wounded in his shoulder while attending a provincial assembly meeting in Narowal, Punjab province, according to Imran Kishwar, Narowal district police.
Chief Minister of Punjab Shehbaz Sharif issued a statement on Twitter strongly condemning the attack.
« Those who indulged in this heinous act will be brought to justice, » he said, adding that he had spoken to Iqbal and he was in « high spirits. »
He also warned that his party, the Pakistan Muslim League, « will not be browbeaten into submission. »
In a short statement on Twitter, US Ambassador to Pakistan David Hale said, « The United States condemns the attack on Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal today. We wish him a speedy recovery. »
