Attack on Hamid Mir: PM orders judicial probe into assassination attempt

Govt announces a reward of Rs10 million for anyone who offers information about the assailants.

LAHORE: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif decided on Sunday to constitute a three-member judicial commission to investigate the attack on journalist Hamid Mir. 

On Saturday evening, unidentified persons shot at Mir's car as he was departing Jinnah International Airport in Karachi.

He was subsequently transported to a hospital and, according to a statement from Aga Khan hospital issued the same night, his condition is now stable.

 

The prime minister decided to form the commission during a meeting today in Lahore.

The Chief Justice of Pakistan will be requested to nominate members for the commission, a spokesperson from the government revealed to Radio Pakistan.

The government has also announced a reward of Rs10 million for anyone who offers information about the assailants.