ISLAMABAD , Pakistan ( CNN ) -- Pakistan 's religious affairs minister escaped with a minor injury in an attack that killed his driver Wednesday . Hamid Saeed Kazmi ( center ) and his driver are helped into an ambulance at the site of the shooting . The attack took place at an Islamabad market , next to a police station , the state-run Associated Press of Pakistan said . The minister , Hamid Saeed Kazmi , was shot in the leg but his injury was not serious , hospital officials said . The minister 's driver , however , died in the attack , the APP said . Kazmi , 51 , is the federal minister for religious affairs and member of the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party . Security analyst Hasan Askari-Rizvi told CNN affiliate Time.com the attack shows that the serious security problems in the country remain . `` If this type of attack can take place in the center of Islamabad , '' he said , `` then nowhere in Pakistan is safe . '' Wednesday 's attack comes a day after Pakistani officials claimed fighting in the northwest of the country left 43 militants dead and two commanders captured . The deaths came as a result of a military operation in Bara , in the Khyber Agency , according to the agency 's Office of Political Administration . CNN 's Samson Desta contributed to this report .
Religious affairs minister , Hamid Saeed Kazmi , was shot in the head . Attack took place at an Islamabad road , next to a police station . Minister 's driver was killed in the attack .