Prominent
TV anchor Hamid Mir is in a Karachi hospital when gunmen opened fire on his car
Saturday afternoon. Mir's car was ambushed by attackers, a minimum of a number
of whom were riding motorcycles, in line with native media reports.
Details
concerning the attack are still rising. Citing police, Mir's broadcast network,
Geo TV, says he came across a hospital in crucial condition when being shot
thrice within the leg and body part. Mir's driver escaped large injury; the
gunmen stay at large.
"Mir
is now reported to have regained
consciousness and hospital administration says his condition is out of
danger," Pakistan's Dawn news service says.
Mir's
brother, Amir, tells Geo TV that before the attack, Mir told him that an effort
on his life might return from among a part of Pakistan's government —
specifically from among its administrative body, ISI.
Amir
Mir added that his brother "had recorded a video message and sent it to
the Committee to guard Journalists."
The
international intelligence agency has denied any involvement, and Pakistan's
leaders have condemned the attack, the country's specific apse says:
"Both
the President and therefore the Prime Minister condemned the attack.
"Later,
the military condemned the attack prayed for his well being and fast recovery.
"According
to a press release of Inter-Services PR representative, an independent inquiry
should right away be applied to determine facts. The advocate added that allegations against international
intelligence agency or head of international intelligence agency with none
basis are highly unfortunate and dishonorable."
The
incident has given new fuel to associate outcry in Islamic Republic of Pakistan
over attacks on journalists. From capital of Pakistan, NPR's Philip Reeves
filed this report for our news unit:
"Hamid
Mir is one among Pakistan's known — and disputable — journalists, and one
amongst the few to interview Osama bin Laden.
"His
employer, Geo TV, says four men on motorcycles opened fire on Mir's car as he
was going from Karachi airport to the workplace.
"Attacks
and intimidation against Pakistan's journalists are alarmingly common. 3 weeks
past, gunmen pumped up bullets into another TV anchor's automobile in city,
killing the driving force.
"In
January, 3 media employees in Karachi were shot dead. Pakistan's government has
secure higher security for the media: it will currently face supplementary
pressure to hold these through."
A
colleague says he in brief spoke to Mir by phone, as the attack was happening.
"Geo
News Islamabad bureau chief, Rana Jawad aforesaid Hamid Mir spoke to him once
being attacked and aforementioned that the gunmen were following him and
continued to fire on the car," Geo
TV reports.
The
broadcaster adds that a trial was created on Mir's life in 2012, when explosives
were found to possess been placed below his car.
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