Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) Pakistan's Interior Minister, Ahsan Iqbal, was shot and wounded in his shoulder while attending a provincial assembly meeting in Narowal, Punjab province, according to Imran Kishwar, Narowal district police officer.

"As he got out of a car, a young man shot him. The assailant has been apprehended," Kishwar said.

Police identified the shooter as Abid Hussain, a 21-year-old from Neelum village in Narowal, Punjab.

A police source in Pakistan's Narowal district of Punjab said initial investigations suggest the motive for the shooting is linked to the issue that spawned violent anti-blasphemy demonstrations in Pakistan and was spearheaded by the hardline Islamist movement Tehreek-e Labbaik.

CNN does not know if the gunman is a member of the group. The police source went on to say that a report will be submitted to the Punjab district government and more details will be shared on Monday.

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