attack it is time to remember the mysterious workings of the world’s
best secret service.
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Amir Mir (Hamid Mir’s brother) does not mince his
words. These folks have nothing to lose and nowhere to hide.
Amir Mir, who is also a journalist told Geo TV that Hamid had told him
two weeks back that if anything happens to him then “elements in the ISI
and its chief Lt Gen Zaheerul Islam should be blamed”.
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And what has upset the dons so much that led to this murderous assault?
He (Amir Mir) said Hamid
told him the intelligence agencies were upset with him for the coverage
of the Balochistan issue, Musharraf trial and the political interference
by security establishment.
A sad song which has been played numerous times (see below). Hamid Mir is reportedly
out of danger but the message that was delivered is loud and clear (again).
The only peace that is acceptable to the thugs (and their masters) is the peace of the
grave.
Does anybody remember Syed Saleem Shahzad?
He was about to publish a book detailing the role of the deep state and
Al Qaeda concerning the PNS Mehran attack. Wiki excerpts on the events
just preceding his torture and death in May 2011.
According to friends and colleagues, the ISI warned the journalist at least three times prior to his death. In October 2010, Shahzad was summoned to ISI headquarters the day after publishing a sensitive article on Abdul Ghani Baradar’s capture.
Afterwards he wrote to Human Rights Watch (HRW) predicting that he
might be detained by Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)
agency.
According to HRW’s Ali Dayan Hasan, he was “fairly sure that sooner or later something was going to happen”.
Shahzad informed Hasan in an email that he was threatened by an ISI
official who had said: “I must give you a favor. We have recently
arrested a terrorist and recovered a lot of data, diaries and other
material during the interrogation. The terrorist had a list with him. If
I find your name in the list, I will certainly let you know.”
Nine days prior to his disappearance, Shahzad met with American journalist Dexter Filkins and told him, “Look, I’m in danger… I’ve got to get out of Pakistan.”
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Senior
Pakistani TV journalist Hamid Mir, who faced threats from multiple
quarters here including the Taliban, was on Saturday shot at in Karachi
by four unidentified gunmen near a bridge on way to his office.
Mir, 47, sustained three bullet injuries on lower part of his body
after he was shot at near Natha Khan bridge soon after he left the
Karachi airport for his office. He was rushed to hospital where he was
operated upon.
Karachi police chief Shahid Hayat said Mir was
shot thrice, one bullet piercing his intestine while the other two
wounded his leg and pelvic area. He said Mir was “out of danger”.
According to the driver of the car, as the car slowed down near the
flyover, a gunman on a motorbike opened fire. Without waiting for a
second, he pressed on the accelerator. Geo News reported the attackers,
who were on a bike and car, followed them.
A popular news anchor, terrorism expert and security analyst, Mir currently hosts political talk show Capital Talk on Geo TV.
In November 2012, a bomb was recovered from under his car which was believed to have been planted by the Pakistani Taliban.
Geo TV
reported that Hamid had confided the same to his friends, senior
management of the channel, certain officials in the government and even
the Army.
“No terrorist organization would know that he was
coming to Karachi from Islamabad. Intelligence people are everywhere.
Only they would know his movement,” Amir said.
He said Hamid
told him the intelligence agencies were upset with him for the coverage
of the Balochistan issue, Musharraf trial and the political interference
by security establishment.
In 2011, when he had faced certain threats, he had blamed the security establishment. Amir said that Hamid had also sent a video statement in this regard to the Committee for Protection of Journalists.
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Link: http://tribune.com.pk/story/697721/senior-journalist-hamid-mir-attacked-in-karachi/
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regards