...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
, still holds the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) responsible for orchestrating the attack.
This was conveyed on Thursday by his brother while speaking to the media outside the Aga Khan Hospital, where the maimed journalist is being treated for his injuries.
Amir Mir also stuck a further defiant tone stating that Geo TV network and his brother had faced the similar circumstances when former military ruler Gen (retd)
Pervez PervMusharraf
... former dictator of Pakistain, who was less dictatorial and corrupt than any Pak civilian government to date ...
had imposed an emergency in the country and shut down TV channels in 2007.
The journalist is defiant in countering all efforts of suspending Geo TV's transmission, he said.
Amir said that the senior anchorperson had informed some visiting intelligence officials about the threat he was facing from the ISI. He said that his brother was aware of the agency's method of threatening journalists and media houses for "biased reporting" of certain national issues.
He said the ISI officials were apparently unhappy about his brother's famous talk show, Capital Talk, being broadcast on Mama Qadir's long march over missing Baloch persons. Mir said the agency was also unhappy of Hamid Mir's criticism aimed at the ISI in different Capital Talk shows.
The senior journalist was concerned on the government's failure to hand over written proof of ISI's threat to his life, said his brother, adding that he was also concerned about the probe of a planted bomb underneath his car in November 2012.
He said that Hamir Mir has vowed to foil all these conspiracies being orchestrated against him and his family members at an appropriate time.
His fight is for illusory sovereignty and security of Pakistain, restoration of peace, eradication of terrorism, rule of law and freedom of speech which cannot be suppressed, said Hamid Mir's brother.