islamabad top pakistani journalist hamid mir 47 was seriously wounded in a targeted shooting in southern port city of karachi on saturday mirs car was ambushed as soon as it left karachis jinnah international airport and was on way to his geo tvs office police said four gunmen on two motorcycles sprayed a volley of bullets on hamids car as it reached a bridge on sharaefaisal the citys main avenue karachi police chief shahid hayat said mir was shot thrice one bullet pierced his intestine while the other two wounded his leg and pelvic area he said we recovered nine casings of 9mm bullets from the scene where mir came under attack said pir muhammad shah another police officer mirs driver said a single attacker fired at the journalist as i slowed down near a flyover one of the motorcyclists opened fire from a pistol i did not stop and went straight to hospital he said khalid a shopkeeper who witnessed the incident said a man wearing salwar kameez shot at mirs car geo news islamabads bureau chief rana jawad said mir had called him and said that gunmen were chasing him and continued to fire at his car i have been injured jawad quoted mir as saying hospital sources said mir was being operated when reports last came in geo news reported mir had told his family friends colleagues army and government officials in writing that he would hold isi chief lt general zaheerul islam responsible if he is attacked mirs younger brother and journalist amir mir said he recently visited him in lahore and informed him about isi chiefs plan to assassinate him hamid mir was on isis hit list since ahmed shuja pasha was its chief zaheerulislam continued the policy of his predecessor amir mir said the isi personnel are always present at airports they knew his movement from islamabad to karachi and blaming terrorists for this act is just nonsense he added isi and the military establishment are said to have been unhappy with mirs talk shows on balochistans insurgency expresident pervez musharrafs treason trial and militarys interference in politics when army chief general raheel sharif disagreed with the government over its refusal to allow musharraf leave the country mir was at the forefront criticizing the military mir had earlier escaped an assassination attempt in november 2012 when explosives were found under his car taliban had threatened mir for his coverage of schoolgirl activist malala yousafzai as well