ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has expressed deep shock on the sad news of an attack on former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

In a tweet on Friday, he prayed for early recovery and good health of Shinzo Abe. According to media reports, Japan’s former premier Shinzo Abe, 67, was fighting for his life on Friday after being shot at a campaign event, incumbent Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said, condemning the “absolutely unforgivable” attack. The shooting of the country’s best-known politician comes despite Japan’s strict gun laws and with campaigning under way ahead of upper house elections on Sunday.