AI urges Pakistan to probe threats to media

Amnesty International (AI) is urging Pakistan to investigate threats to journalists and probe its military and intelligence agencies for stifling media freedoms. The watchdog says in a report released on Wednesday that the Pakistani journalists often face threats to their lives from the country's spy and military agencies,   political parties, Islamic militants, sectarian outfits, separatist insurgents and al-Qaida-linked groups. The report follows a shooting earlier this month of Hamid Mir, a Geo News anchor shot by gunmen. Mir is recovering in hospital from multiple gunshot wounds. His brother has blamed the shooting on the military's Inter-Services Intelligence, or ISI, according to a news agency.