Karachi, Pakistan (BBN)-Unknown gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on Hamid Mir in Karachi on Saturday, injuring the senior reporter and television anchorperson.

Reports said the incident took place on Sharae Faisal near Natha Khan area when the gunmen opened fire on his vehicle around 5:30pm, reports Dawn.com.

The journalist was on his way to his office from the airport when he was attacked.

Mir was taken to a private hospital for emergency treatment.

The journalist received two gunshots and was taken to the hospital in a state of unconsciousness.

Mir is now reported to have regained consciousness and hospital admin say his condition is out of danger.

Friends and colleagues said Mir had previously told them that if he is attacked, Pakistan's intelligence agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), “and its chief Lt General Zaheerul Islam will be responsible”.

Speaking to Geo News, his brother Amir Mir said the senior anchorperson had visited him and informed him of what he called a plan hatched by Lt-Gen Islam to assassinate him.

Geo News, the media organisation for which Mir works, reported that he had also sent a recorded video to Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) implicating the ISI in any attempt on his life.

In a message, President Mamnoon Hussain condemned the attack and expressed sorrow at the incident.

Social media also exploded with messages of condemnation.

BBN/ANS/AD/19Apr14-8:45 pm (BST)