November 28, 2012

Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan owns up bid to kill TV anchor

November 28, 2012

PESHAWAR: Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility on Tuesday for planting a bomb under the car of Hamid Mir, a television anchor, and warned him of a second assassination bid. Mr Mir was criticised by the Taliban last month in the wake of the shooting of teenage activist Malala Yousufzai. “Life and death is in the hands of Allah. Allah saved his

Senior journalist narrowly escapes attack

November 28, 2012

Hamid Mir, senior journalist and the anchorperson of Pakistan’s largest television channel Geo TV’s popular talk-show ‘Capital Talk,’ escaped a bomb attack on November 26, 2012 in Pakistan’s capital city of Islamabad. An improvised explosive devise containing have a kilogram of explosives was attached under Mir’s car as he was coming back from the market along with his driver in

Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan owns up bid to kill TV anchor

Senior journalist narrowly escapes attack

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