Sheikh Rashid hit by shoe when arrives in Lahore

A man on Friday throw a shoe at the senior politician Shiekh Rashid Ahmed as he reached in provincial capital to watch the final of (PSL) Pakistan Super League, TV footage showed.

The chief member of Pakistan Awami league and staunch opponent of PM Nawaz Sharif was accorded warm welcome by Railway authorities at station where he was hit by shoe.

According to Geo TV, shoe was thrown by an elderly-man identified as named Faqeer Muhammad who said he hit politician over “political rivalry”.

The man was arrested by local police. There was no immediate response from Pakistan Awami league leader Sheikh Rashid but senior politician retweeted string of messages criticized the shoe hurling.

While talking to media moments before the incident, Sheikh Rashid said he arrived in Lahore to witness the match against the wishes of his political ally to PPP leader Asif Ali Zardari and Imran Khan.

Sheikh Rashid also thanked Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique for welcome he was accorded on his arrival.