Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) 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 officer. "As he got out of a car, a young man shot him. Police identified the shooter as Abid Hussain, a 21-year-old from Neelum village in Narowal, Punjab. A police source in Pakistan's Narowal district of Punjab said initial investigations suggest the motive for the shooting is linked to the issue that spawned violent anti-blasphemy demonstrations in Pakistan and was spearheaded by the hardline Islamist movement Tehreek-e Labbaik. The police source went on to say that a report will be submitted to the Punjab district government and more details will be shared on Monday.

Source: CNN May 06, 2018 14:42 UTC