Lahore,
Pakistan’s Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal was stable as he underwent two surgeries today after being shot in an assassination bid by a religious fanatic in Punjab province weeks ahead of the general election, as a second suspect has been arrested in the incident.

Iqbal, 59, a senior Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader, was hit by a bullet on his right shoulder in the attack yesterday after he addressed an election rally in his constituency Narowal.

An official at the Services Hospital here said the surgery was successful and Iqbal is recovering well. “Iqbal is out of danger,” he added.

Iqbal underwent two consecutive surgeries and has now been shifted to the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital. “The abdominal laparoscopy of Iqbal has been performed. Bullet has not breached peritoneum and all intra-abdominal organs are intact.