INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Authors: TheIndianSubcontinent News Agency
Attack on Ahsan Iqbal: Probe reveals startling detailsISLAMABAD:
Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal was wounded on Sunday in an apparent assassination attempt by a gunman linked to a new ultra-religious Muslim
party - an incident likely to raise tensions before an election expected in late July.Suspect Abid Hussain, 21, was arrested soon after he
fired at the minister when he was attending a corner meeting in his constituency
Police recovered a pistol from his possession which had nine bullets when security personnel arrested him.During interrogation, he confessed
to have targeted the interior minister over the issue of amendment in Khattam-e-Nubawwat (Finality of Prophethood) law late last year.The
suspect told police that he bought the pistol from a man belonging to his native village for Rs15000
scene at around 03:00 pm, putting question mark on the security arrangements that how can an armed man was able to reach so close to the
initial report on the shooting by a local administrator, the deputy commissioner of Narowal district, seen by Reuters, said the gunman had
shot soon after addressing voters in Kanjroor village in Narowal but the exact circumstances were not immediately clear
attackA five-member joint investigation team was set up to launch a probe into the assassination attempt
On representative each from IB and ISI will be part of the JIT
