new delhi pakistans interior minister ahsan iqbal was injured today when an unidentified assailant opened fire at him in narowal the dawn reportediqbal who is from the pakistan muslim league party sustained a bullet wound on his right shoulder and was immediately taken to district headquarters hospital for treatment authorities said he was out of dangerahsan iqbal was targeted and shot in the arm asim khan a special aide to the politician told news agency afpread alsopakistan polls would be conducted by aliens pm abbasipakistan prime minister shahid khaqan abbasi has said the upcoming general elections would be conducted by aliens triggering a sharp reaction from the election commission which advised him to stay away from making irresponsible statements according to a media reporttrack ii fine but no change in pakistan talks stand govtnew delhi the government described thursday the resumption of neemrana track ii dialogue with pakistan as a part of the normal process of peopletopeople exchanges between the two countries while the foreign ministry remained quiet on whether or not the government approved the dialogue it saidhe is out of danger and being taken to a medical facility in lahorethe suspect believed to be in his early 20s was taken into police custody and is being interrogated district police officer imran kishwar said the attacker used a 30bore pistol to fire at iqbal from a distance of around 18 metres reported ptithe minister was attending a political gathering in his hometown narowal in punjab province when the attack on him took placepunjab chief minister shahbaz sharif has sought a report from inspector general ig punjab and has directed the authorities to take action against the culpritread this story in bengaliread this story in malayalam watch gunman opens fire at political rally pak minister injured