Two hurt as AJK Legislative Assembly speaker’s convoy attacked

MUZAFFARABAD/ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Latif Akbar narrowly survived after miscreants opened fire at a convoy carrying him in Muzaffarabad on Sunday. But two people were injured in the attack, police said. The identities of the wounded persons could not be identified, reported a private news channel.

The attack occurred in the Kikliot area of the Charakpora Union Council where miscreants threw stones and opened fire on the convoy of Akbar. In the attack, there was intermittent gunfire exchanged between the police and assailants.

Akbar was travelling to Kikliot to attend a ceremony where members of an opposing political party were joining the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).

Meanwhile, President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Sunday condemned the incident of firing on the motorcade of Speaker of AJK Legislative Assembly. They said attack on the Speaker Legislative Assembly was cowardly and an evil act and prayed for the recovery of persons who were injured in the attack. Meanwhile, Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has strongly condemned the firing on the convoy of Speaker of the AJK Legislative Assembly Chaudhry Latif Akbar. Bilawal demanded the immediate arrest of those responsible for the attack. He expressed gratitude that Speaker Chaudhry Latif Akbar remained unharmed in the attack and prayed for the swift recovery of two injured individuals.

Meanwhile, the Senate chairman and deputy chairman have condemned the shooting incident targeting the convoy of AJK Legislative Assembly speaker, expressing their sorrow over the attack. Senate Chairman Yusuf Raza Gillani extended good wishes to Akbar while the Deputy Chairman Syedaal Khan expressed gratitude that the AJK assembly speaker was unharmed in the shooting incident.