Hamid Mir

Hamid Mir

Hamid Mir (born July 23, 1966 in Lahore ) is a Pakistani journalist, news anchor and author. Born to a journalistic family in Lahore, Mir initially worked as a journalist with Pakistani newspapers and hosted the political talk show Capital Talk on Geo News.

Life

Hamid Mir was born in Lahore in 1966. He graduated from the University of Punjab with a Masters in Communication in 1989. Mir began his journalistic career in 1987 for the Pakistani daily newspaper Daily Jang . I was kidnapped and threatened in connection with his critical article about Ghulam Ishaq Khan who wanted to dissolve Benazir Bhutto's government . In 1994, Mir uncovered a scandal in the Pakistan Navy . According to his research, Asif Ali Zardari was also involved in the scandal. Hamid Mir then lost his job at Jang. I found a job in 1996 as the youngest journalist in the history of the Daily Pakistan newspaper in Islamabad . He lost this job again in 1997 because he wrote an article about the corruption of Nawaz Sharif . In 2001 Mir researched Osama bin Laden and conducted a total of 3 interviews with him.

In his research, Mir found that the US-backed Northern Alliance leader Hazrat Ali bribed bin Laden to provide a safe hiding place. In 2002 Mir joined the Pakistani broadcaster GEO TV and hosted the talk show Capital Talk. The show made GEO TV more popular because politicians from both camps debated the current political situation in Pakistan on the show. Mir has also published a biography of Bin Laden and interviewed Condoleezza Rice , Tony Blair, and LK Advani .

I was arrested by Hezbollah in Beirut in 2006 while he was working as a journalist in the Lebanon War . I have been accused of being an Israeli spy. I was later released. During protests against Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry in 2007 , Mir was arrested by police in his office in Islamabad . Then- President Pervez Musharraf later apologized to Mir on his talk show. I was banned by the Pakistani regulators in 2008 and I took to the streets to hold his show.

An article about it appeared in the Washington Post . I was banned again by the Pakistani government in 2008. I also published an investigative documentary on the death of Benazir Bhutto, which was shown on Geo TV in 2008.

I appear frequently as a guest on ABC , CNN on Indian television. In an interview with Al-Qaida , Hamid Mir accused of smuggling suitcase bombs into Europe. He also said that the suitcase bombs had been in Al-Qaeda for some time. According to Mir, the suitcase bombs were intended for attacks in London , Paris and California .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Musharraf's monster . Retrieved January 25, 2009.
2. ^ How Osama has survived for six years . Retrieved January 25, 2009.
3. ^ Al Qaeda and the Iranian Connection . Retrieved January 25, 2009.
4. ↑ Hamid Mir undergoes successful operation after being shot - thenews.com.pk . In: The News , April 23, 2014. Retrieved November 26, 2017. 
5. ^ The Rediff Interview / LK Advani . Retrieved January 25, 2009.
6. ↑ When death stared me in the face . Archived from the original on May 3, 2007. Retrieved January 25, 2009.
7. ↑ Pakistani police storm TV channel . In: CNN . Retrieved January 25, 2009. 
8. ↑ Chiade Oshea: Musharraf calls to say sorry after police storm TV studio . In: The Times , March 17, 2007. Retrieved January 25, 2009. 
9. ↑ Pamela Constable: Political Talk Defies Ban in Pakistan . In: The Washington Post , November 25, 2007. Retrieved January 25, 2009. 
10. ↑ 'Capital Talk' enthralls protesters on road . Archived from the original on December 23, 2008. Retrieved January 25, 2009.
11. ↑ Who assassinated Benazir Bhutto? . Retrieved January 25, 2009.
12. ↑ CNN LATE EDITION WITH WOLF BLITZER . December 5, 2004. Retrieved January 25, 2009. 
13. ↑ Al-Qaeda's Hidden Arsenal and Sponsors: Interview with Hamid Mir . Retrieved September 15, 2016.