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India-Pakistan
Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal injured in assassination attempt
2018-05-07
[DAWN] Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal was shot at and injured during a corner meeting in Narowal's Kanjrur tehsil on Sunday, in what Punjab
1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots....

Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif
...Pak dynastic politician, brother of PM Nawaz Sharif, chief minister of Punjab...
described as an "liquidation attempt".

The interior minister's condition is said to be out of danger. Ahsan Iqbal has been airlifted from Narowal and brought to Services Hospital in Lahore where he is undergoing treatment.

The CM Punjab, condemning the attack, said: "Just spoke to him and he is in high spirits." He is currently present at the hospital where the interior minister is being treated for his wounds.

District Police Officer (DPO) Imran Kishwar told DawnNewsTV that Iqbal was shot by the assailant ─ who was also present at the corner meeting ─ with a 30-bore pistol from a distance of 20 yards.

He sustained a bullet wound in his right shoulder, the DPO added.

The interior minister was initially shifted to District Headquarters Hospital Narowal following the attack, but was later airlifted in a helicopter to Lahore where he received further medical treatment.

PML-N leader Tallal Chaudhry confirmed that Iqbal's condition was stable and he was out of danger.

The suspected shooter was taken into custody. He was identified as a local 20 to 22-year-old youth residing in the jurisdiction of the Shah Gharib cop shoppe in Kanjrur tehsil.

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