Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal was shot at and injured during a corner meeting in Narowal's Kanjrur tehsil on Sunday, in what Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif described as an "assassination attempt".
The interior minister's condition is said to be out of danger. Ahsan Iqbal has been airlifted from Narowal and brought to Services Hospital in Lahore where he is undergoing treatment.
The CM Punjab, condemning the attack, said: "Just spoke to him and he is in high spirits." He visited the hospital where the interior minister is being treated for his wounds.
District Police Officer (DPO) Imran Kishwar told DawnNewsTV that Iqbal was shot by the assailant ─ who was also present at the corner meeting ─ with a 30-bore pistol from a distance of 20 yards.
He sustained a bullet wound in his right shoulder, the DPO added.
The interior minister was initially shifted to District Headquarters Hospital Narowal following the attack, but was later airlifted in a helicopter to Lahore where he received further medical treatment.