Alam, who is the former chairman of Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) and former editor of
Daily Nation, Islamabad was shot in Islamabad on April 20, as he was taking an evening stroll near his house. An unidentified man jumped over the fence of the park, fired at Alam and escaped. Police have registered a criminal case against unidentified men for firing on Alam.
Alam was rushed to the hospital by his friends. Although injured, Alam recorded a video on the way to the hospital in which he said he had been struck on his ribs. In a note of defiance Alam declared: “My message to those who did this is that I am not going to be scared by such tactics.”