A few unknown gunmen of Pakistani Taliban showered bullets on the motorcade of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani while on way to bring him from the Islamabad Airport today."The Prime Minsiter was not traveling in the car and nobody was injured", a spokesman of the PM House here said. Gilani had gone to Lahore and was due back this afternoon for which the motorcade of bulletproof cars was dispatched to the airport, he said.

According to the spokesman, the burst of fire came from a hilltop on the other side of the road and hit windowpane of the car, leaving two marks on the bulletproof glass. He said the Prime Minister returned to Islamabad on time and traveled safely to the PM House. The PM motorcade usually comprises more than one bulletproof car that accompany as decoy.

The Prime Minister is safe and unperturbed, information minister Sherry Rehman told reporters later. She said he was performing his normal functions. The PM House spokesman said police had rounded up three suspects who were being interrogated.

Pakistani Taliban today claimed responsibility for the attack on Gilani's car and threatened to carry out more strikes against the government leaders. Muslim Khan, the spokesman of the umbrella militant organisation which was banned by the Pakistani government last week, said the Pakistani Taliban had carried out the attack on Gilani's car. More such attacks would be carried out on government leaders in the future, he said.