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A Pakistani gunman stands next to his wife during a standoff with police in Islamabad on August 15, 2013/AFP

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Police defend response to Islamabad gunman

He underwent three hours of surgery during the night, doctor Wasim Khawaja, spokesman for the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences hospital, said.

“Hopefully he will be normal in 24 hours. We have put him on a ventilator and he is maintaining his blood pressure,” Khawaja told AFP.

Sikandar’s wife was also shot in the leg as the scene reached its conclusion but doctors said she was out of danger on Friday.

As the standoff played out during the evening, Sikandar smoked cigarettes and spoke to TV stations on his mobile phone while his children played around his car.

The politician Khan, hailed a hero by some local media, said he felt he had to intervene.

“I was sitting at home and watching this whole drama on TV,” he told Geo TV.

“I came out with a commitment that I will catch this guy, even if it takes my life.”

Pakistan’s outgoing President Asif Ali Zardari praised the intervention of his party colleague.

Zardari “lauded the courage of PPP leader Zamarud Khan who, risking his own life, has helped law-enforcing agencies getting hold of the armed man tonight in Islamabad”, a statement from the presidency said.

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“The president also appreciated the role of security agencies who have handled the situation in a discreet manner and have averted any mishap,” it added.

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