LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) - A top Pakistani health official says the country’s interior minister is stable after undergoing two surgeries following an attack by a gunman the previous day.
Dr. Mohammad Ameer, head of a Lahore hospital where the minister is being treated, says the bullet had first fractured Ahsan Iqbal’s right arm, then ricocheted and lodged in his abdomen.
The shooting happened after Iqbal was returning to his car following a meeting on Sunday in his constituency, the Narowal district. The gunman, identified as Abid Hussain, was arrested on the spot. His motive wasn’t immediately known. He has been linked to a religious group that rallied in Islamabad in January.
Ameer said on Monday they opted not to remove the bullet from Iqbal’s abdomen as that would have entailed a more dangerous procedure.
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