Malir: Television news anchor Imtiaz Mir was critically injured in a shooting near Kala Board in Karachi’s Malir area late on Sunday. According to police, Mir was travelling with his brother when two suspects on a motorcycle opened fire on their car.
Mir sustained bullet injuries in the incident. Police said the assailants, a man and a woman on a motorcycle, opened fire and fled the scene immediately after the attack. Further investigation in the matter is underway.
Both injured individuals were rushed to hospital. Mir is now out of danger and has been taken off the ventilator.
Leaders of Bilawal Bhutto’s Pakistan Peoples Party visited Mir at the hospital.
Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah on Monday took cognisance of the attack on Imtiaz Mir.
Shah expressed deep regret over the incident and requested a report on the attack from Sindh Inspector General Ghulam Nabi Memon, according to a statement issued by the Chief Minister’s spokesperson, Abdur Rasheed Channa.
Who Is Imtiaz Mir?
Imtiaz Mir is a senior International Journalist/TV Anchorperson & Journalist Metro 1 News TV & Awaz News TV Pakistan. He is based in Pakistan and covers U.S. Israel, Europe, the Middle East and South Asia, according to his LinkedIn profile.
