Qureshi escapes unhurt, car damaged by bullets. PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILE
The minister’s car was fired at by unidentified assailants. Qureshi escaped unhurt while his car was damaged by the bullets.
Speaking to media afterwards he said that he will not so easily be frightened. "I will not be scared by such cowardly attacks."
Qureshi reaffirmed his desire to fight in the upcoming elections.
Meanwhile, police told Express News that someone had thrown stones at the MPA's car which cracked his wind shield.
Qureshi served as Municipal Councilor during 1983-91 and as Member Punjab Assembly during 1993-97 and 1997-99. He is a businessman, who was elected for a third term in Punjab assembly during the 2008 general elections.
A member of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), he currently holds the portfolio of Minister for Religious Affairs and Auqaf.
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He doesn't need security. He has strong faith.
Who is trying to frighten him and why? Could it be someone from SSP/LeJ/ASWJ?
"Speaking to media afterwards he said that he will not so easily be frightened." It's a good attitude to have but, they're not exactly trying to frighten him to begin with. They're trying to kill him. Corpses can't be afraid, so reactions like that are probably non-existent on the list of their concerns.
*A day will come when Pakistan will once again become a prosperous nation, a nation free of all terrorists, a prosperous nation,and a progressive economic country.Its however somehow shortcoming on the part of our electronic media that it shows coverage of those events that are paid to it.*
The law and order situation in KPK Karachi and Baluchistan is already unsatisfactory. If the law and order in Punjab also get bad then how the upcoming general elections will be held in a peaceful atmosphere.