Video: Wasim Akram's response after surviving gun attack in Karachi; police clarify

Akram said it was a government official who attacked me

Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram’s car was shot at while he was travelling to National Stadium in Karachi today. According to the reports in The Dawn, he is safe and the police is verifying the motive behind the attack.

Pakistan’s Reuters correspondent and ex-Editor of The News Mehreen Zahra-Malik tweeted quoting Akram that it was a government official behind the attack.

So @wasimakramlive says man who shot at him was govt official. "If he can do this to me,what will he do to a common man?" #Pakistan #cricket

— Mehreen Zahra-Malik (@mehreenzahra) August 5, 2015

Here’s the video of Akram speaking after he was attacked:

Update:

Another correspondent later said Akram was accidentally caught in a crossfire and that the bullet hit his car’s tyre.

So it wasn't an assassination attempt or a cold-blooded assault on Wasim Akram... Wasim caught in crossfire! Bullet hit his car's tyre...

— Navneet Mundhra (@navneet_mundhra) August 5, 2015

A car hit mine.. I stopped him and then this guy stepped out and fired at my car: Wasim Akram

— Navneet Mundhra (@navneet_mundhra) August 5, 2015

Firing on Wasim Akram's car in Karachi is a case of road rage... No assassination attempt or terror attack!

— Navneet Mundhra (@navneet_mundhra) August 5, 2015