PM summons meeting after attack on Hamid Mir

Published April 20, 2014
- File Photo
- File Photo

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has summoned a meeting of political and government aides on Sunday to discuss the situation that has arisen after the attack on senior journalist Hamid Mir that took place in Karachi on Saturday evening, DawnNews reported.

The doctors responsible for treating Mir have reported his condition is out of danger.

The government has been urged to provide security to the journalists in the wake of yesterday’s attack on Mir, an attack on journalist Raza Rumi last month, and several other similar attacks on the members of the journalist community in Pakistan.

PM Sharif also met with Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan earlier to discuss the incident.

The police have managed to prepare sketches of the assailants with the help of three eyewitnesses. An investigation committee led by the additional inspector general of police also has been formed.

Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Memon announced that the provincial government would award Rs50 million to those who assist the police in nabbing those who attacked journalist Hamid Mir on Saturday evening.

The incident has been widely condemned by the journalistic, social and political circles in Pakistan and abroad.

Senior journalist and TV anchorperson Hamid Mir, who is affiliated with Geo TV, was attacked on Sharae Faisal near Natha Khan area when the gunmen opened fire on his vehicle around 5:30pm on Saturday.

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