A shoe was hurled at Punjab’s former chief minister and PML-N leader Hamza Shehbaz during a rally in Lahore’s NA-118 constituency, from where he is contesting the election.

During the rally at the Delhi Gate area of the old city on Saturday, a young man hurled a shoe at Hamza, which hit his shoulder.

Immediately after the incident, the PML-N workers overpowered the man who hurled the shoe at their leader and gave him a sound thrashing before handing him over to the police.

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