{"id":6447,"date":"2026-07-19T10:58:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T10:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=6447"},"modified":"2026-07-19T10:58:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T10:58:28","slug":"man-arrested-after-alleged-aerial-firing-near-federal-minister-ata-tarars-vehicle-in-lahore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=6447","title":{"rendered":"Man Arrested After Alleged Aerial Firing Near Federal Minister Ata Tarar&#8217;s Vehicle in Lahore"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>LAHORE:<\/strong> Police have arrested a young man accused of firing shots into the air near the vehicle of <strong>Federal Information Minister Ataullah Tarar<\/strong> in Lahore&#8217;s Defence area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to police, the suspect, who was driving a car, <strong>overtook the minister&#8217;s vehicle<\/strong> and allegedly fired several shots into the air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police said the suspect was arrested along with the <strong>weapon allegedly used in the incident<\/strong>, while the vehicle he was driving has also been taken into custody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officials said the incident occurred on <strong>Saturday night<\/strong> within the jurisdiction of <strong>Defence A Police Station<\/strong>. They added that the suspect was traced and arrested with the assistance of <strong>Safe City Authority cameras<\/strong> and other modern investigative technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking about the incident, <strong>Ataullah Tarar<\/strong> said he was travelling with his family when another vehicle overtook his car from the left side and the driver fired <strong>five shots<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The minister said he followed the vehicle and alerted police at a nearby checkpoint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tarar clarified that he <strong>does not believe he was the intended target<\/strong>, stating that the suspect appeared to be engaged in aerial firing rather than a targeted attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police are continuing their investigation to determine the motive behind the incident and whether any additional charges may apply.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: Police have arrested a young man accused of firing shots into the air near the vehicle of Federal Information Minister Ataullah Tarar in Lahore&#8217;s..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6448,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438313_7968766_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438313_7968766_updates-1-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438313_7968766_updates-1-300x171.jpg",300,171,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438313_7968766_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438313_7968766_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438313_7968766_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438313_7968766_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?cat=3\" rel=\"category\">Pakistan<\/a>","tag_info":"Pakistan","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6447"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6449,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6447\/revisions\/6449"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}