December 08, 2015
ISLAMABAD: On Tuesday a little after 6:30PM senior Pakistani journalist, columnist and Geo News’ leading talk show host Hamid Mir’s official verified twitter account was compromised and multiple tweets were posted by the hackers who gained access to his twitter and his email account.
It is common knowledge that Hamid Mir is away on annual leave and for the same reason has not been on the Geo News screen to host his show Capital Talk.
Confirming that Hamid Mir’s account has been hacked Director News Geo News Rana Jawad added that Mir’s mobile phones have been blocked to prevent access.
@HamidMirGEO account has been hacked and his mobile phones blocked.
— Rana Jawad Geo (@ranajawad) December 8, 2015