Pakistan Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal shot at, injured during Narowal corner meeting

[Abdullah719]

News channels reporting that the bullet hit his shoulder. He is in the hospital and is out of danger. The culprit has been arrested.

 

[Abdullah719]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">PTI strongly condemn Attack on Interior minister Ahsan Iqbal, culprit must be apprehended as son as possible <a href="https://t.co/xsBTUWOJ9S">pic.twitter.com/xsBTUWOJ9S</a></p>— Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) <a href="https://twitter.com/fawadchaudhry/status/993124032798183424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 6, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Abdullah719]

Ahsan Iqbal injured after being shot by unknown assailants: sources

NAROWAL: Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal was shot and injured by unknown assailants here on Sunday, informed his cousin Imran.

The interior minister received a bullet wound at his arm in a rally at the district’s area of Kanjrur.

https://www.geo.tv/latest/194284-iqbal-shot-injured-by-unknown-assailants-sources?5aef076c7dc4a

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

News channels reporting that the bullet hit his shoulder. He is in the hospital and is out of danger. The culprit has been arrested.

If he's been arrested, how can he be unknown?

 

[Pakpak]

Probably like the ''shooting'' that happened against Gilani.

 

[MenInG]

If the interior minister is not safe.....

 

[MenInG]

If he's been arrested, how can he be unknown?

I am waiting for tweet from Trump saying if people around him were armed then....

 

[Hermoine Green]

Staged attack.

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Wishing a speedy recovery.

 

[Mian]

Wising him speedy recovery but this also expose their governance. Just 3 hours ago he was doing the chest thumping about a Narowal hospital and now after getting hit by a single bullet in hsi city Narowal now he is being shifted to Lahore through helicopter? What about the aam aadmi?

 

[Abdullah719]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Attacker who fired and injured Pakistan’s Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal says he wanted to kill him because of Kathm-e-Nabuwat issue, admits to being under the influence of Tehrik-e-Labaik. <a href="https://t.co/Zp9Z6yTH6S">pic.twitter.com/Zp9Z6yTH6S</a></p>— Syed Talat Hussain (@TalatHussain12) <a href="https://twitter.com/TalatHussain12/status/993149482501070848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 6, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Syed1]

Wish him a speedy recovery... waiting for the usual suspects to come and blame the "establishment"

 

[Mian]

ALLAH alhaq he

 

[Mian]

Even he himself don't trust the district hospital of his city that he was praising earlier

<blockquote class="twitter-video" data-lang="en"><p lang="ur" dir="rtl">احسن اقبال کو لگنے والی گولی نہیں نکالی، ہم نے سوچا تھا کہ ہم اِدھر مینج کر لیتے ہیں لیکن احسن صاحب بذاتِ خود کہہ رہے تھے کہ مجھے آپ لاہور بھیج دیں، ایم ایس ڈسٹرکٹ ہسپتال نارروال <a href="https://t.co/ImhtmMW1Si">pic.twitter.com/ImhtmMW1Si</a></p>— &#55356;&#56821;&#55356;&#56816; (@jazeera007) <a href="https://twitter.com/jazeera007/status/993165878186381317?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 6, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Bewal Express]

Even he himself don't trust the district hospital of his city that he was praising earlier

<blockquote class="twitter-video" data-lang="en"><p lang="ur" dir="rtl">احسن اقبال کو لگنے والی گولی نہیں نکالی، ہم نے سوچا تھا کہ ہم اِدھر مینج کر لیتے ہیں لیکن احسن صاحب بذاتِ خود کہہ رہے تھے کہ مجھے آپ لاہور بھیج دیں، ایم ایس ڈسٹرکٹ ہسپتال نارروال <a href="https://t.co/ImhtmMW1Si">pic.twitter.com/ImhtmMW1Si</a></p>— ���� (@jazeera007) <a href="https://twitter.com/jazeera007/status/993165878186381317?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 6, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Next stop London.

 

[Major]

Staged attack.

Yup this attack is as staged as when khan saab fell from the top during election campaigns

 

[Waseem]

This is the most serious attack since this Khatm e nabuwat issue was deliberately started to create the unrest.

This must be condemned by everyone otherwise won't be long before others use this as an excuse to settle their scores.

Hopefully the culprit gets punished and media covers it well to make it an example for others.

 

[moghul]

ALLAH alhaq he

"Apna" helicopter, his Baap bought it from his own halal money ?

 

[moghul]

What a security, an unknown armed person was standing 20 feet from our interior minister.

 

[Saj]

A suspect who was arrested for opening fire on Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal during an assassination attempt has shown himself to be affiliated with the Tehreek-i-Labbaik Ya Rasool Allah (TLYRA) party, it emerged on Monday.

In a preliminary report of the incident sent to the Punjab chief secretary on Sunday, the Narowal deputy commissioner said the suspect identified himself as Abid Hussain son of Mohammad Hussain, a Gujjar by caste and a resident of Verum village, Tehsil Shakargarh of Narowal district.
A copy of the letter sent by the deputy commissioner to Punjab chief secretary. — DawnNewsTV

"He further showed his affiliation with Tahrik-e-Labbaik [sic]," read the DC's letter, a copy of which is available with Dawn.com.

Inspector General of Police (IGP) retired Capt Arif Nawaz had told Dawn that the 22-year-old suspect who was arrested from the spot in Kanjroor town of Shakargarh tehsil had confessed to opening fire on the minister over the issue of Khatm-i-Nabuwwat.

On Sunday, Hussain had allegedly fired at Iqbal from a distance of some 15 yards after the interior minister culminated his corner meeting in his constituency in Narowal.

District Police Officer (DPO) Imran Kishwar told reporters that the suspect had managed to slip into the gathering. He apparently carried a 30-bore weapon, which he pulled out and fired at the minister.

The people standing around the assailant overpowered him before he could fire a second shot at his target. The policemen then arrested the suspect, seized the weapon and shifted him to a police station.
TLYRA condemns attack

Meanwhile, TLYRA issued a statement on Monday condemning the attack on the minister. TLP chief Khadim Hussain Rizvi and Pir Afzal Qadri, in a joint statement, demanded of the government to conduct a judicial inquiry into the attack.

The attack on the minister just months ahead of the 2018 general elections needs to be probed, they said, adding that the TLYRA is a peaceful religio-political party that believes in change through political struggle and polls.
Minister shifted to ICU after surgeries

Iqbal underwent two consecutive surgeries and has now been shifted to the Intensive Care Unit of the Services Hospital in Lahore.

Medical Superintendent of the Services Hospital, Dr Ameer, said Iqbal was in a stable condition and the minister will be kept under observation for 24 hours.

Iqbal will be kept under treatment at the hospital till his recovery, the doctor added.

According to the medical superintendent, doctors had decided not to remove the bullet from Iqbal's body as the procedure could create some complications. The bullet had fractured an elbow joint of the minister before landing into his abdomen, the doctor said.

On Sunday, the interior minister was rushed to the District Headquarters Hos*pital after he narrowly escaped the assassination attempt. After being administered first aid there, he was airlifted to the Services Hospital in Lahore to undergo surgery.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1406173/a...n-stable-condition-after-two-surgeries-doctor

 

[Hermoine Green]

Yup this attack is as staged as when khan saab fell from the top during election campaigns

Yesh it is definitely, look at arrested dude does he look like a guy who gives a damn about Khatm e Nabuwat?

I am seeing Pakistan dirty politics since long time so on the base of my experience i made that judgement. Which might be wrong.

 

[AssassinatedDevil]

Attack on interior minister: Shooter 'showed affiliation' with Tehreek-i-Labbaik, DC Narowal says

A suspect who was arrested for the assassination attempt on Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Sunday evening has a declared affiliation with the Tehreek-i-Labbaik, it emerged late last night.

In a preliminary report sent to the Punjab chief secretary hours after the attack, the Narowal deputy commissioner reported that the suspect had identified himself as Abid Hussain, son of Mohammad Hussain, a resident of Verum village, Tehsil Shakargarh of Narowal district.

"He further showed his affiliation with Tahrik-e-Labbaik [sic]," the DC's letter read.

Abid had allegedly fired at Iqbal from a distance of some 15 yards after the interior minister wrapped up a corner meeting in his constituency in Narowal yesterday evening.

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Arif Nawaz had earlier told Dawn that the 22-year-old suspect, who was arrested from the spot, had confessed to attempting to assassinate the minister over the issue of Khatm-i-Nabuwwat (finality of prophethood).

District Police Officer (DPO) Imran Kishwar had told reporters that the suspect had managed to slip into the gathering carrying a 30-bore weapon, which he later pulled out and fired at the minister.

Thankfully, the people standing around the assailant overpowered him before he could fire a second shot at his target. The policemen present at the site then arrested the suspect, seized his weapon and shifted him to a police station. The motorcycle of the suspect is also in police custody.

"Police are investigating the matter further," the DC's letter to the Punjab chief secretary read.

The Khatm-i-Nabuwwat connection
Late last year, some changes were made to the Khatm-i-Nabuwwat declaration required of prospective lawmakers under new laws drafted by the ruling PML-N in consultation with opposition parties.

The changes eventually became law under the Elections Act 2017, which was steamrolled through parliament amidst loud criticism from opposition parties, which saw it as a means to shoe-horn the then recently-ousted Nawaz Sharif back into power.

The law's passage had triggered protests by various religious parties, spearheaded by the TLP, who saw the modification to the Khatm-i-Nabuwwat declaration as a severe transgression on Muslims' religious sensibilities.

These protests had culminated in a 22-day sit-in at Islamabad's busy Faizabad Interchange in November 2017 which seriously disrupted daily life in the twin cities.

The sit-in had finally ended after top civil-military officials mediated with the protesters following a botched operation, signing off on a number of demands made by TLP.

In the agreement, both the sides had expressed their gratitude to Chief of Army Staff Gen Qamar Bajwa, saying the agreement came about as a result of efforts made by the army chief and his team.

Amidst criticism of the accord reached with the protesters, Interior Minister Iqbal had said that while the agreement that ended the Faizabad sit-in had not been "desirable", the government had been left with little choice in the matter.

"Document of finishing dharna was not desirable but there was little choice because if [the] situation had persisted [for] another 24 hrs there would be riots," Iqbal had said in a tweet at the time.

Following the Faizabad dharna, the PML-N government has repeatedly been branded as a party of apostates and blasphemers by fringe religious groups.

Several religious edicts have also been issued stating that voting for the PML-N is haram (forbidden under Islamic law).

TLP condemns attack
Meanwhile, Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) issued a statement condemning the attack on the minister and attempted to paint it as some sort of pre-election conspiracy.

TLP chief Khadim Hussain Rizvi and Pir Afzal Qadri, in a joint statement, demanded that the government initiate a judicial inquiry into the attack.

The attack on the minister, just months ahead of the 2018 general elections, needs to be probed, they said, adding that TLP is a peaceful religio-political party that believes in change through political struggle and democratic processes.

Minister shifted to ICU after surgeries
Iqbal underwent two consecutive surgeries right after the attack and has since been shifted to the Intensive Care Unit of the Services Hospital in Lahore.

The medical superintendent of the Services Hospital, Dr Ameer, has said Iqbal is in stable condition and the minister will be kept under observation for 24 hours.

Iqbal will be kept under treatment at the hospital till his recovery, the doctor added.

According to the medical superintendent, doctors had decided not to remove the bullet from Iqbal's body as the procedure could create some complications. The bullet had fractured an elbow joint of the minister before burrowing into his abdomen, the doctor said.

On Sunday, the interior minister was rushed to the District Headquarters Hos*pital after he the assassination attempt. After being administered first aid there, he was airlifted to the Services Hospital in Lahore to undergo surgery.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1406173/a...iation-with-tehreek-i-labbaik-dc-narowal-says

 

[Mian]

Why not a single mention of Ahsan Iqbal in his speech by Nawaz Sharif today?

 

[King-Misbah]

Why not a single mention of Ahsan Iqbal in his speech by Nawaz Sharif today?

Because Nawaz cares more about votes then his own buddys lol

 

[Mian]

Maulana Tariq Jamil visited Ahsan Iqbal today to calm the religious sentiments