Soon after the attack, Imran Khan concluded his address.
Today’s incident is the third such attack on politicians in the span of a week.
On Sunday, an Islamic seminary student hurled shoes at ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif during a function at the Jamia Naeemia seminary in Lahore’s Garhi Shahu area. Three suspects were arrested after the episode.
On Saturday, a religious extremist blackened the face of Foreign Minister Khwaja Asif with ink during a PML-N workers convention in Sialkot. A man was arrested after the incident.