(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) Hamid mir who hosts a popular talk-show on geo news was travelling to his office from the airport when his car came under attack.
a pakistani policeman points to a bullet hole ront on a car door following an attack on prominent pakistani journalist hamid mir in karachi on april 19 2014. afp
unknown gunmen on motorbikes opened fire at a prominent pakistani television anchor on a busy road in the southern port city of karachi on saturday officials said.
hamid mir who hosts a popular talk-show on geo news was travelling to his office from the airport when his car came under attack senior police official peer muhammad shah said. “four gunmen riding on motorbikes started firing at the car near karsaz (around 6km from jinnah international airport) when mir’s car was passing through he received three bullets in the lower parts of his body” shah said.
karachi police chief shahid hayat confirmed the incident on saturday. “hamid mir has received three bullets but the doctors told me that he is out of danger” hayat said.
geo’s islamabad bureau chief rana jawad said he had talked briefly to mir on his mobile phone as he was under attack.
“i spoke to him briefly when he was escaping he said they have shot him and now they were following him” jawad said. “he has been shot thrice in the pelvic abdomen and thighs” he added.
mir who hosts the longest running talk-show on geo news had complained of receiving death threats from the country’s powerful intelligence agency.
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