Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif had ink thrown at him during a Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) workers' convention in Sialkot city of Punjab on Saturday.

In videos posted to social media one can clearly see Asif being doused with ink by a person standing close to him.

Videos showed Asif being doused in the black ink while he was addressing his party supporters at the time.

Immediately after the incident, enraged PML-N workers roughed up the ink-thrower before handing him over to police.

Dawn News reported that Asif, however, pardoned the attacker instantly and called for his release, saying: "Someone gave him some money and sent him to throw ink at me but release him because I don't have any enmity with him."

"This incident doesn't affect my politics because there are still thousands of people praying for me," Asif said.

The pardoning of the ink-thrower was rejected by PML-N workers, who voiced their displeasure through their chants, reported Dawn News.