Yousuf Raza Gillani, the Pakistani Prime Minister, escaped an assassination attempt today when shots were fired at his motorcade.
Mr Gillani was returning to the capital, Islamabad, after a flight from the eastern city of Lahore when two bullets hit the glass of the armouned car in which he was travelling. "By the grace of Allah, the Prime Minister is safe," his spokesman said.
Mr Gillani is a senior member of the Pakistan People's Party, which was led by Benazir Bhutto until her assassination on December 27 as she left an election rally in Rawalpindi. The PPP went on to win the election on February 18 and Mr Gillani was sworn in as premier the following month.
Earlier today, foreign commandos from Afghanistan backed by helicopter gunships carried out a pre-dawn attack inside Pakistan today, killing 20 people, including women and children, and provoking outrage.
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