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{{short description|Pakistani journalist, columnist, and writer (born 1966)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Hamid Mir
| native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|ur|{{nastaliq|حامد میر}}}}}}
| native_name_lang = ur
| image = Hamid Mir 2 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Mir {{circa|2010}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1966|7|23}}
| birth_place = [[Lahore]], [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]]
| education = Masters
| alma_mater = {{Ubl
| [[University of Punjab]]
| [[Government College University, Lahore|Government College University]]
| [[Government College of Science]]
}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Journalist|writer}}
| television = [[Capital Talk]]
| years_active = 1987{{ndash}}present
| employer = [[Geo News]] (2002-present)
| known_for = [[Interviews of Osama bin Laden#Hamid_Mir:_1997,_1998_and_2001|Interviewing Osama bin Laden]]
| mother = Mumtaz Mir
| father = [[Waris Mir]]
| awards = [[Hilal-i-Imtiaz]] (Crescent of Excellence) Award (2013) by the [[President of Pakistan]]
| spouse = Naheed Hamid
| children = 2
| relatives = [[Amir Mir]] (brother) <br /> [[Huma Mir]] (sister)
}}


'''Hamid Mir'''{{Efn|{{langx|ur|{{nastaliq|حامد میر}}}}}} (born 23 July 1966) is a Pakistani journalist, columnist and writer. Mir initially worked as a journalist with Pakistani newspapers.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-01-01|title=Portrait of Hamid Mir {{!}} Reporters without borders|url=https://rsf.org/en/hero/hamid-mir|access-date=2021-06-27|website=RSF|language=en}}</ref> He has hosted the political talk show ''[[Capital Talk]]'' on [[Geo News]] intermittently since 2002. He writes columns for [[Urdu]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Columns - Qalam Kaman - Jang Columns - Urdu Columns - Daily Jang |url=https://jang.com.pk/writer/hamid-mir |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=jang.com.pk}}</ref> as well as English newspapers, both national and international.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hamid Mir:Writer - The News International: Latest News Breaking, Pakistan News |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/writer/hamid-mir |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=[[The News International]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Hamid Mir {{!}} The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/hamid-mir |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref> He has been a contributor to the Global Opinions section of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' since June 2021.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Hamid Mir - The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/hamid-mir/ |access-date=2022-06-13 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> He is known for his stance against the dominance of the [[The Establishment (Pakistan)|Establishment]] in Pakistan.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-05-08|title=Am I a traitor?|url=https://cpj.org/2014/05/am-i-a-traitor/|access-date=2021-06-27|website=Committee to Protect Journalists|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Mir |first=Hamid |date=30 June 2021 |title=Opinion {{!}} Imran Khan used to criticize enforced disappearances. Why is he silent now? |language=en-US |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/30/imran-khan-silent-on-enforced-disappearances/ |access-date=13 June 2022 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> Having survived two assassination attempts, Mir has been banned from television three times, and has lost his job twice due to his stand for [[Freedom of the press|press freedom]] and human rights.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mir|first=Hamid|date=2021-06-03|title=Banned from Geo, six bullets, one car bomb, but I still won't leave Pakistan — Hamid Mir|url=https://theprint.in/opinion/banned-from-geo-bullets-bomb-but-i-still-wont-leave-pakistan-hamid-mir/670436/|access-date=2021-07-05|website=ThePrint|language=en-US}}</ref>


Born in [[Lahore]] to a journalistic family, Mir is one of the few journalists in the world to have interviewed [[Osama bin Laden]] after the [[September 11 attacks]] along with [[Tayseer Allouni]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2001-11-10|title=Osama claims he has nukes: If US uses N-arms it will get same response|url=http://beta.dawn.com/news/5647/osama-claims-he-has-nukes-if-us-uses-n-arms-it-will-get-same-response|access-date=2021-06-27|website=DAWN.COM|language=en}}</ref><ref name=islamicawakening>{{cite web|url=http://www.islamicawakening.com/viewarticle.php?articleID=977&pageID=64 |title=A Discussion on the New Crusader Wars: Tayseer Allouni with Usamah bin Laden |publisher=IslamicAwakening.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510123845/http://www.islamicawakening.com/viewarticle.php?articleID=977& |archive-date=May 10, 2013 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3084106a-1232-11db-aecf-0000779e2340.html A dangerous subject, Leslie Crawford, July 14, 2006] [[Financial Times]]</ref> During his career, Mir has also interviewed various world leaders which includes former [[Secretary-General of the United Nations|UN Secretary-General]] [[Ban Ki-moon|Ban Ki Moon]], US Secretary of State [[John Kerry]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 August 2013 |title=Interview With Hamid Mir of Geo TV |url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2013/08/212626.htm |access-date=2021-06-27 |website=U.S. Department of State}}</ref> US Secretary of State [[Hillary Clinton]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 October 2009 |title=Group Interview with Dunya TV, AAJ TV, Express TV, Geo TV, Dawn News, and PTV |url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/secretary/20092013clinton/rm/2009a/10/132209.htm |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=U.S. Department of State}}</ref> [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister of United Kingdom]] [[Tony Blair]],<ref>{{Citation |title=Hamid Mir interviewed Tony Blair |url=https://vimeo.com/51269969 |language=en |access-date=2022-06-13}}</ref> US Secretary of State [[Colin Powell]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Department Of State. The Office of Electronic Information |first=Bureau of Public Affairs |date=18 March 2004 |title=Interview by Hamid Mir of GEO TV |url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/secretary/former/powell/remarks/30558.htm |access-date=2021-06-27 |website=2001-2009.state.gov |language=en}}</ref> [[President of South Africa]] [[Nelson Mandela]], [[President of Iran]] [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 November 2022 |title=Ahmadinejad for Ulema conference against terrorism |url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/82559-ahmadinejad-for-ulema-conference-against-terrorism |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=[[Geo News]] |language=en}}</ref> US Secretary of State [[Condoleezza Rice]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Department Of State. The Office of Electronic Information |first=Bureau of Public Affairs |date=17 March 2005 |title=Interview with Hamid Mir of GEO TV |url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/secretary/rm/2005/43605.htm |access-date=2021-06-27 |website=2001-2009.state.gov |language=en}}</ref> President of Palestine [[Yasser Arafat]], [[Deputy Prime Minister of India]] [[L. K. Advani|L.K. Advani]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=L K Advani interview|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2005/jun/06inter1.htm|access-date=2021-06-27|website=www.rediff.com}}</ref> [[President of Afghanistan]] [[Hamid Karzai]], and [[President of Israel]] [[Shimon Peres]].<ref name="washingtonpost">{{cite news|title=Living like a fugitive|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/investigative/2015/07/25/living-like-a-fugitive/|access-date=26 July 2015|newspaper=Washington Post|date=25 July 2015}}</ref> A few of the notable Pakistani political figures which Hamid Mir has interviewed include [[Benazir Bhutto]], [[Pervez Musharraf]], [[Asif Ali Zardari]], [[Nawaz Sharif]], [[Imran Khan]], [[Zafarullah Khan Jamali|Mir Zafaruallah Khan Jamali]], and [[Arif Alvi]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-09-02|title=Benazir Bhutto murdered again after 10 years|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/benazir-bhutto-murdered-again-after-10-years-pakistani-anti-terror-court-verdict-on-assassination-pervez-musharraf-4824788/|access-date=2021-06-27|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> Mir has also interviewed actors such as [[Shah Rukh Khan]] and [[Aamir Khan]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 April 2016 |title=I am very shy person in real life: Shah Rukh Khan |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/111812-I-am-very-shy-person-in-real-life-Shah-Rukh-Khan |access-date=2021-06-27 |website=www.thenews.com.pk |language=en}}</ref>


He was awarded with the civil award [[Hilal-i-Imtiaz]] for his work for Pakistan.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2012-08-13 |title=Civilian awards: Presidency issues list of 192 recipients |url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/421617/civilian-awards-presidency-issues-list-of-192-recipients |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=The Express Tribune |language=en}}</ref> In 2016, he was awarded the "Most Resilient Journalist Award" in The Hague by Free Press Unlimited.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hamid Mir wins 'most resilient journalist award'|url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/119496-Hamid-Mir-wins-most-resilient-journalist-award|access-date=7 November 2016|work=geo.tv|publisher=Geo|date=7 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Free Press: Geo's Hamid Mir wins 'Most Resilient Journalist Award'|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/161844-Free-Press-Geos-Hamid-Mir-wins-Most-Resilient-Journalist-Award|access-date=7 November 2016|work=thenews.com.pk|publisher=The News|date=7 November 2016}}</ref> In 2017, he was awarded the lifetime achievement award by former Prime Minister [[Zafarullah Khan Jamali]], at Government College University Lahore, for his work as a news anchor.
<ref>{{cite news|title=Hamid Mir given lifetime achievement award|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/198916-Hamid-Mir-given-lifetime-achievement-award|access-date=17 April 2017|work=thenews.com.pk|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Seasoned journalist Hamid Mir given lifetime achievement award by alma mater|url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/04/16/seasoned-journalist-hamid-mir-given-lifetime-achievement-award-by-alma-mater/|access-date=17 April 2017|issue=Pakistan Today|date=16 April 2017}}</ref>


Hamid Mir is the only journalist in South Asia to cover wars and conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Bosnia and Sri Lanka. For his war and conflict reporting, he was awarded [[South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation|SAARC]] Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010 in New Delhi.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hamid Mir gets Saarc award in Delhi|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/229234-hamid-mir-gets-saarc-award-in-delhi|access-date=2021-07-05|website=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en}}</ref>
Mr. '''Hamid Mir''' is a well known [[Pakistan]]i [[journalist]] who interviewed [[Osama bin Ladin]] after 9/11 in November 2001 for Daily Dawn. He is writting a biography of bin Ladin. He is famous for his [[Urdu]] columns and a talk show on Geo TV. Mr. Hamid Mir is a [[terrorism]] and security expert. He has delivered lectures on many international forums and in different universities on terrorism and [[Islam]].He spent ten days in the Eastern part of Afghanistan recently and investigated the great escape of Osama bin Ladin from Tora Bora mountains in December 2001.He interviewed Afghan Interior Ministry officials who accepted first time that Osama escaped from Tora Bora after bribing the warlords who were hired by the US forces to hunt down him.Afghan Interior Minister Ali Ahmid Jalali was forced to resign when the investgative documentry of Hamid Mir was aired on GEO TV in September 2005. http://jang-group.com/thenews/sep2005-daily/14-09-2005/main/main6.htm He is one of the most controvertial personalities of Pakistan. He lost his job twice on government pressures. He became controversial in 1994 when he broke the submarines purchase scandle in Daily Jang. Some close friends of Asif Zardari (husband of then Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto) were involved in that scandle along with some Navy officials. Hamid Mir lost his job the day his article was published about that scandle. Then Naval Chief [[Admiral]] Mansoor was arrested and punished in the same scandle after few years. Hamid Mir lost his job again in [[1997]] when he wrote an article in Daily Pakistan about the alleged curruption of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. He was again in the international press after his famous interview with bin Ladin in November [[2001]]. That was his third interview with bin Ladin. He is one of the few international journalists who covered the wars in [[Iraq]], [[Afghanistan]], [[Kashmir]], [[Chechnya]], [[Sri Lanka]] and [[Bosnia]].


Hamid Mir is regular participant in international seminars and conferences on security, human rights and press freedom.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-10-17|title=Reducing the dangers of journalism: a view from Pakistan|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/collegeofjournalism/entries/499fcf9f-61f6-3a26-8547-5aefbc1f6531|access-date=2021-07-05|website=BBC|language=en}}</ref> He has delivered lectures at [[Harvard University]], [[Yale University]], [[University of Oxford]], [[London School of Economics]] and [[University of California, Berkeley]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Taliban Resurgence in Pakistan|url=https://asiasociety.org/new-york/taliban-resurgence-pakistan|access-date=2021-07-05|website=Asia Society|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2009-04-03|title=Pakistani Journalist Criticizes US Foreign Policy|url=http://www.fogcityjournal.com/wordpress/1156/pakistani-journalist-criticizes-us-policy-towards-pakistan/|access-date=2021-07-05|website=Fog City Journal|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Journalists should always stand by democracy, says Hamid Mir|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/745351-journalists-should-always-stand-by-democracy-says-hamid-mir|access-date=2021-07-05|website=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en}}</ref>
==Biographical information==
*'''Name''': Hamid Mir
*'''Date of Birth''': 23-07-1966
*'''Place of Birth''': Lahore
*'''Education''': M.A Mass Communications, University of The Punjab, Lahore, (1987-89)


==Early, personal and family life==
==Experience in journalism==
Hamid Mir's grandfather was Mir Abdul Aziz from [[Sialkot]], who was a poet in [[Punjabi literature|Punjabi]], [[Urdu poetry|Urdu]] and [[Persian literature|Persian]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 April 2014 |title=Hamid Mir undergoes 'successful operation' after being shot |url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/71143-hamid-mir-undergoes-successful-operation-after-being-shot |access-date=16 July 2023 |website=[[Geo News]] |quote=His grandfather Mir Abdul Aziz was an Urdu, Persian, and Punjabi language poet from Sialkot.}}</ref> Mir's father, [[Waris Mir]], was also a columnist for ''Daily Jang'' and Mir's mother was Mumtaz Mir, who migrated to Pakistan from [[Jammu Division|Jammu]] in the region of [[Kashmir|Jammu and Kashmir]] in 1947.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-08-14|title=Missing since 1947|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/missing-since-1947-ghulam-fatima-india-pakistan-partition-independence-day/|access-date=2021-06-27|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> His father died on 9 July 1987 in Lahore and his mother died in 1993.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-07-06|title=Waris Mir Kahani — a literary tribute|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1192613|access-date=2021-06-27|website=DAWN.COM|language=en}}</ref> Hamid Mir studied at [[Government College University, Lahore|Government College University]] and [[University of the Punjab|University of Punjab]].
- Currently performing duties in Geo TV as Bureau Chief of Islamabad and Editor Northern Region.Geo TV http://www.geo.tv is owned by Jang Group, which is Pakistan’s biggest newspaper group.


Mir is married to Naheed Hamid, who worked with [[Pakistan Television Corporation|Pakistan television]] and for a private television channel for many years. The couple has two children. His two children and wife spent some time outside of the country because of security issues in 2007.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/07/world/asia/07pakistan.html?ex=1338868800&en=67c5249aade38ed9&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss|title=NY Times|access-date=25 January 2009 | work=The New York Times | first=Carlotta | last=Gall | date=7 June 2007}}</ref>
-Writing a weekly column in Daily Jang http://www.jang.net/editorial/show_article.aspx?id=Hairwnbmsuk
(Biggest International Urdu newspaper publishing from London, Karachi, Lahore, Quetta, Multan and Rawalpindi/Islamabad). Writing another column in Weekly Akhbar-e-Jahan, Karachi (Worlds biggest Urdu Weekly) http://www.akhbar-e-jehan.com/home/index.php
And also Writing for The News International, http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/sep2004-daily/07-09-2004/main/main8.htm
English daily also owned by Jang Group.


==Journalistic career==
-Joined Daily Jang Lahore in 1987 and worked there till 1994 as Sub-Editor, Reporter, Feature Writer and Edition In charge.


=== Daily Jang ===
-Joined Daily Pakistan Lahore in 1994 as columnist and Special Correspondent.
Mir joined the ''[[Daily Jang]]'' (Lahore) in 1987 and worked there as [[Subeditor|sub-editor]], reporter, feature writer and edition in charge. In 1990, Mir was abducted, beaten and driven to a house where his captors demanded to know his source for the critical story he wrote when then President [[Ghulam Ishaq Khan]] was planning to dismiss the Bhutto government.<ref name="washingtonpost" /> In 1994, he broke the [[Karachi affair|submarines purchase scandal]]. Some close friends of [[Asif Zardari]] (husband of then Prime Minister [[Benazir Bhutto]]) were involved in that scandal, along with some Navy officials. Mir lost his job from daily Jang the day his article was published.<ref name="Musharraf’s Monster">{{cite web|url=https://www.cjr.org/feature/musharrafs_monster.php?page=5|title=Musharraf's Monster|access-date=25 January 2009}}</ref>


=== Daily Pakistan ===
-Joined Daily Pakistan Islamabad, in 1996 as the youngest editor of any national Urdu newspaper in the history of Pakistani journalism at the age of 30.
[[File:Hamid Mir interviewing Osama bin Laden.jpg|thumb|Mir interviewing [[al-Qaeda]] leader [[Osama bin Laden]] in 1997]]
In 1996, Mir became the editor of the ''[[Daily Pakistan]]'' in [[Islamabad]], making him the youngest editor of any national Urdu newspaper in the history of Pakistani journalism. He lost his job again in 1997, when he wrote an article in the ''Daily Pakistan'' about the alleged corruption of Prime Minister [[Nawaz Sharif]].<ref name="Musharraf’s Monster" /> Also on 25 December 1997, he launched ''[[Ausaf|Daily Ausaf]]'' (Islamabad) as founding editor.


Mir was the first Pakistani journalist to interview [[Osama bin Laden]]. He first interviewed Bin Laden for the ''[[Daily Pakistan]]'' in March 1997, in a cave of [[Tora Bora]] mountains in eastern Afghanistan. Mir interviewed Bin Laden for the second time for ''[[Ausaf]]'' in May 1998, in a hideout near the [[Kandahar International Airport]]. Mir was one of the few journalists along with Allouni to interview Bin Laden after the September 11 attacks. Mir interviewed Bin Laden for the third time for ''[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]]'' and ''Ausaf'' on 8 November 2001, at an undisclosed location near Kabul.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Mir|first1=Hamid|title=The Osama bin Laden I knew|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/613537-the-osama-bin-laden-i-knew|access-date=3 October 2017|work=[[The News International]]|date=3 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Ali|first1=Syed Hamad|title=The man who interviewed Osama bin Laden... 3 times|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/the-man-who-interviewed-osama-bin-laden-3-times-1639968.html|access-date=3 October 2017|work=[[The Independent]]|date=9 March 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Mohamed Shaheeb|first1=Ahmed Zahir|title=Hamid Mir — the last journalist to interview Osama bin Laden|url=http://www.maldivesculture.com/maldives_osama_bin_laden.html|access-date=3 October 2017|work=Huvaas|publisher=Maldives Culture|date=20 April 2002|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081223144332/http://www.maldivesculture.com/maldives_osama_bin_laden.html|archive-date=23 December 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Osama claims he has nukes: If US uses N-arms it will get same response|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/5647|access-date=3 October 2017|work=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]]|date=10 November 2001}}</ref>
-Joined Daily Ausaf Islamabad as Founding Editor in 1997.


Mir went to eastern [[Afghanistan]], where he investigated the escape of Osama bin Laden from [[Tora Bora]] mountains in December 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://in.rediff.com/news/2007/sep/11hamid.htm|title=How Osama has survived for six years|access-date=25 January 2009}}</ref> Mir visited the caves of bin Laden, during the American bombing. Mir also alleged that it was U.S.-backed Northern Alliance leader Hazrat Ali who provided safe passage to bin Laden after getting a huge bribe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2004/jul/19spec2.htm|title=Al Qaeda and the Iranian Connection|access-date=25 January 2009}}</ref> He has also written a biography of Osama bin Laden, as well as a weekly column in ''Daily Jang''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jang.net/editorial/details.asp?id=24|title=Jang Editorial|access-date=25 January 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201002954/http://www.jang.net/editorial/details.asp?id=24|archive-date=1 February 2009}}</ref>[[File:Hamid Mir at Studio 2.png|thumbnail|Hamid Mir conducting ''[[Capital Talk]]'', on [[Geo TV|Geo]]]]
-Contributed weekly column for” The Friday Times” from 2000 to 2002 and for weekly “The Independent” from2002 to 2003.


=== Geo News ===
-Contributed columns for “The Times of India”, “Outlook, Delhi” “The Week, India”, “Dainik Bhaskar”(Biggest Hindi Newspaper of India) and “Rediff.com” http://www.rediff.com/news/2002/sep/17guest.htm.
In 2002, Mir joined [[Geo TV|Geo News]] where he begin hosting a political talk show ''[[Capital Talk]]'' which is the oldest current events program in [[Pakistan]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Capital Talk|url=https://www.pakshows.pk/tag/capital-talk|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614171409/https://www.pakshows.pk/tag/capital-talk|archive-date=14 June 2018|access-date=14 June 2018|website=PakShows.pk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Capital Talk on Geo News|url=https://www.pakpolitical.com/politicaltalkshows/geo-news/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142559/https://www.pakpolitical.com/politicaltalkshows/geo-news/|archive-date=12 June 2018|access-date=20 August 2018|website=pakpolitical.com}}</ref><ref name="geo">{{cite web|title=Capital Talk Analysis|url=http://www.geo.tv/geonews/program.asp?pid=127|url-status=dead|website=geo.tv/|accessdate=30 January 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150126035959/http://www.geo.tv/geonews/program.asp?pid=127|archivedate=26 January 2015|df=dmy}}</ref> Special transmissions are also broadcast focusing on crises zones, more important ones of which took place during [[Pakistan Long March|Long March]] of 2009. His popularity increased as Geo became one of the popular TV channel in Pakistan where Pakistani politicians, both from the ruling and oppositions parties appeared to debate on current events and controversial topics.<ref name="washingtonpost" /><ref name="thenews/23april2014">{{cite news|title=Hamid Mir undergoes successful operation after being shot - thenews.com.pk|url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/article-145131-Hamid-Mir-undergoes-successful-operation-after-being-shot|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140423172843/http://www.thenews.com.pk/article-145131-Hamid-Mir-undergoes-successful-operation-after-being-shot|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 April 2014|access-date=26 November 2017|work=The News|date=23 April 2014}}</ref>


Mir was arrested by [[Hezbollah]] in Beirut during [[2006 Lebanon War|Israel-Lebanon war]] in July 2006 while trying to cover the scenes of Israeli jets bombing on [[Beirut]], but was later set free after Hezbollah was assured that he was not an Israeli spy. Just a few seconds before his escape, the place was bombed by Israeli forces, and he barely escaped the scene.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=2199 |title=When death stared me in the face |access-date=25 January 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070503100639/http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=2199 |archive-date=3 May 2007 }}</ref>
-Joined GEO TV as Editor Northern Region in 2002.


On 16 March 2007, during live coverage of the lawyers' protest against the suspension of the Chief Justice of Supreme Court [[Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry]], Mir was attacked by police at his Islamabad office.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/03/16/pakistan.justice/index.html|title=Pakistani police storm TV channel|access-date=25 January 2009 | work=CNN}}</ref> Later, then President, Pervez Musharraf apologised to Mir in his show after few hours of the attack.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article1527788.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070319180255/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article1527788.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 March 2007|title=Musharraf calls to say sorry after police storm TV studio|access-date=25 January 2009 | location=London | work=The Times | first=Chiade | last=Oshea | date=17 March 2007}}</ref> Mir was banned by [[PEMRA]] in November 2007 for four months to appear on TV. Mir came on roads after the ban and organised street shows. The ''Washington Post'' published an article on his show on the roads.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/24/AR2007112401284.html|title=Political Talk Defies Ban in Pakistan|access-date=25 January 2009 | newspaper=The Washington Post | first=Pamela | last=Constable | author-link=Pamela Constable | date=25 November 2007}}</ref> He was again banned by the government of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in June 2008 for a few days on Geo News.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thenews.jang.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=15347|title='Capital Talk' enthralls protesters on road|access-date=25 January 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081223105856/http://thenews.jang.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=15347|archive-date=23 December 2008}}</ref> He investigated the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto in a documentary aired on Geo TV in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/661476|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201131746/https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/661476|url-status=dead|archive-date=2017-12-01|title=Who assassinated Benazir Bhutto?|access-date=25 January 2009}}</ref>[[File:Hamid Mir with Tony Blair.jpg|thumb|right|Mir with the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, [[Tony Blair]]]]He appears on CNN, BBC and Indian channels as an analyst on issues related to Pakistan.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0412/05/le.01.html|access-date=25 January 2009|title=CNN LATE EDITION WITH WOLF BLITZER|date=5 December 2004}}</ref> Mir claimed in an interview with independent online news source [[Canada Free Press]] that [[al-Qaeda]] had acquired three so called '[[suitcase nuke]]s' from Russia, and had successfully smuggled them to Europe. Mir alleges these weapons have been in the possession of al-Qaeda since long before the [[September 11 attacks]], and that they were originally intended to be targeted against London, Paris and California. Mir also claims that al-Qaeda has 23 sleeper agents inside the United States (minus the 19 who died carrying out the 9/11 attacks) and that these terrorists already have enough radioactive material for six '[[dirty bomb]]s'.<ref name="canadafreepress">{{cite web|url=http://canadafreepress.com/2006/mauro052506.htm|title=Al-Qaeda's Hidden Arsenal and Sponsors: Interview with Hamid Mir|access-date=15 September 2016}}</ref>


When Hamid Mir started highlighting the issue of enforced disappearances, fake cases started arising against him. In May 2010, an audio tape of a conversation between Mir and Usman Punjabi who was allegedly the 2nd in command of [[Hakimullah Mehsud]] surfaced. In the tape they allegedly discussed then-kidnapped [[Khalid Khawaja]] with Mir urging that he be further interrogated by his Taliban-linked captors. Khawaja was killed in April 2010 by his captors. [[Rashed Rahman]], editor of the English-language ''[[Daily Times (Pakistan)|Daily Times]]'' newspaper said "If this tape turns out to be genuine, it suggests a journalist instigated the murder of a kidnapee. A line must be drawn somewhere."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/may/17/pakistan-taliban-hostage-murder-tape|title=Pakistani news presenter accused of link to Taliban hostage's murder | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Declan | last=Walsh | date=17 May 2010}}</ref> Mir has denied the authenticity of the tape. Later on Usman Punjabi was killed by Taliban.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2010-08-30 |title=Usman Punjabi killed in infighting |url=https://www.dawn.com/2010/08/30/usman-punjabi-killed-in-infighting-2/ |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}}</ref>
-Hosting Capital Talk for GEO TV from November 2002 and recorded more than 300 episodes. It’s a twice a week political talk show in which all the top Pakistani politicians from the government and opposition have appeared.
Hamid Mir faced the charge in Pakistani courts and nothing was proved against him.<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 December 2017 |title=Khalid Khwaja abduction case against Hamid Mir quashed |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/253911-khalid-khwaja-abduction-case-against-hamid-mir-quashed |access-date=2021-06-24 |website=[[The News International]] |language=en}}</ref>
http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/jan2005-daily/12-01-2005/main/main1.htm
http://www.rediff.com/news/2005/jan/11mush.htm.


In December 2011, Mir received death threats after he hosted a TV show on Influence of ISI in Pakistani politics.<ref>{{cite web |last=Dietz |first=Bob |date=20 December 2011 |title=Pakistan's Hamid Mir publicizes a death threat - Committee to Protect Journalists |url=https://cpj.org/blog/2011/12/pakistans-hamid-mir-publicizes-a-death-threat.php |access-date=1 December 2017 |website=cpj.org |language=en}}</ref>
-Many Pakistani and Foreign newspapers have declared that Capital Talk is one of the most popular TV programs in the region.
http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/jul2003-weekly/nos-13-07-2003/pol1.htm
http://www.marxist.com/Asia/lk_tv_interview.html


He reportedly left Geo TV on 10 August 2018 and joined [[GNN (news channel)|GNN News]] as president.<ref name="president">{{cite news |title=Hamid Mir's Jang is over, joins GNN as president |url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/08/10/hamid-mirs-jang-is-over-joins-gnn-as-president/ |access-date=25 September 2018 |publisher=Pakistan Today |date=10 August 2018}}</ref>


=== GNN ===
On August 10, 2018, Hamid Mir left [[Geo TV|Geo News]] and joined [[GNN (news channel)|GNN]] as the president of the channel.<ref name="www.dawnnews.tv">{{cite web |last= |first= |date=11 August 2018 |title='تبدیلی آگئی ہے' حامد میر اور جیو کا ساتھ ختم؟ |url=https://www.dawnnews.tv/news/1084795/ |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=[[Dawn News]]}}</ref> He started hosting ''Hamid Mir Show'' on GNN. During his time with GNN, the news channel became very popular. However, Mir's stint remained brief at GNN as two months later on 12 October 2018, Hamid Mir left GNN.<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 October 2021 |title=Hamid Mir ends brief stint with GNN {{!}} Pakistan Today |url=https://archive.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/10/12/hamid-mir-ends-brief-stint-with-gnn/ |access-date=2021-06-21 |website=archive.pakistantoday.com.pk}}</ref>


=== Rejoining Geo ===
-Only Pakistani journalist who have the unique experience of covering the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, http://www.nazioneindiana.com/2005/02/25/behind-giuliana-sgrena%E2%80%99s-kidnapping-interview-with-hamid-mir/
In October 2018, he rejoined Geo News and hosted his show ''[[Capital Talk]]''.
Bosnia, Sri Lanka (Jafna) and Chechnya, http://inhome.rediff.com/news/2004/sep/08spec1.htm


=== Banned from Geo News on the pressure of military establishment ===
. He also visited the US Air Craft Carrier USS Nimitz in the Arabian Sea in July 2005 and watched the flight operations on the ship. http://www.why-war.com/news/author.php?name=Hamid+Mir
In May 2021, after journalist [[Asad Ali Toor]] was attacked by masked men, Hamid Mir supported him and criticized [[The Establishment (Pakistan)|Pakistan's military establishment]], which has directly ruled Pakistan for nearly half of its existence since [[Partition of India|its creation in 1947]]. His focus of criticism was military dictator [[yahya Khan|General Yahya Khan]] and [[Akleem Akhtar]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-06-01 |title=Hamid Mir: Groups condemn Pakistan TV host suspension |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-57312122 |access-date=2022-06-13}}</ref> After this speech, on May 30, 2021, Mir was banned from [[Geo News]] and it was reported that he would no longer host the ''[[Capital Talk]]'' show.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hashim |first=Asad |date=31 May 2021 |title=Pakistani journalist 'taken off air' after military outburst |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/31/well-known-pakistani-tv-news-journalist-taken-off |access-date=2021-05-31 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en}}</ref> The leading political party was also running campaign against him on different social media platforms.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 June 2021 |title=PTI lawmaker for action against TV anchor |url=https://nation.com.pk/2021/06/01/pti-lawmaker-for-action-against-tv-anchor/ |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=[[The Nation (Pakistan)|The Nation]] |language=en-US}}</ref> Later on, he clarified his statement that he was not against any institution, as Mir's family members were getting threats from unknown people.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mir |first=Hamid |date=15 June 2021 |title=Opinion {{!}} Censorship is suffocating Pakistan |language=en-US |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/15/hamid-mir-assails-censorship-in-pakistan/ |access-date=2022-06-13 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> On March 8, 2022, Hamid Mir made a comeback to ''Capital Talk'' after the nine-month ban was lifted.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hamid Mir Backs On TV Screens As Ban Lifted|url=https://www.thefridaytimes.com/2022/03/08/hamid-mir-back-on-tv-screens-as-ban-lifted/|website=www.thefridaytimes.com|date=8 March 2022|accessdate=31 March 2022|language=en}}</ref>


==Assassination attempts==


He was also the subject of an attempt on his life in November 2012, when half a kilogram of explosives were placed in his car, which was successfully defused by the [[bomb squad]].<ref name="thenews/23april2014" /><ref name="amnesty2013">{{cite book|title=Amnesty Report 2013 - Pakistan|url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/region/pakistan/report-2013|year=2014|publisher=Amnesty International}}</ref><ref name="gaur">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/nov/26/pakistani-journalist-hamid-mir-car-bomb|title=Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir is target of to car bomb|first=Jon|last=Boone|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=26 November 2012|access-date=28 November 2012|location=London}}</ref><ref name="the">{{cite web|url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/article-77088-Hamid-Mir-escapes-car-bomb-plot-|title=Hamid Mir escapes car bomb plot|work=The News International|date=26 November 2012|access-date=28 November 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pakistantoday.tv/capital-talk-khawaja-asif-exclusive-28th-january-2015/|title=Capital Talk ( Khawaja Asif exclusive ) – 28th January 2015 -|last=admin|access-date=15 September 2016}}</ref> The [[Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan|Pakistani Taliban]] claimed responsibility.<ref name="washingtonpost"/>
Major Achievements
-Got All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) award (most prestigious journalistic award in Pakistan) of best columnist (Urdu) for the year of 1996,1997,and 1998.


On 19 April 2014, Hamid Mir was fired upon by unknown gunmen and received three bullet injuries. He had earlier told his colleagues that if he is attacked, Pakistan's intelligence agency, the [[Inter-Services Intelligence]] (ISI), "and its chief Lieutenant-General [[Zaheer-ul-Islam]] will be responsible" and had also sent to the [[Committee to Protect Journalists]] a video recording implicating the ISI in case of any attempts on his life. Geo News was also banned for airing this statement of Hamid Mir.<ref name="Dawn">{{cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1100972|title=Journalist Hamid Mir injured in gun attack in Karachi|newspaper=Dawn|date=21 March 2016|access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref>


==Awards and recognition==
-Got Maharishi Samman Award 2005(Excellence in Journalism) announced by Trust for Media Studies in Jodhpur in March 2005 http://www.indiadaily.com/breaking_news/28417.asp. Award was given to Hamid Mir by Dr.Naseem Bhattia, Vice Chanceller of Jai Narayan Vyas University, Jodhpur,India.
* Awarded [[Hilal-e-Imtiaz]] on 23 March 2013 (award was announced on 14 August 2012) for his services to journalism by the PPP government under President [[Asif Ali Zardari]].<ref name=":0" />
* On 26 March 2010, the Foundation of [[South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation]] Writers and Literature awarded Mir the SAARC Lifetime Achievement Award 2010.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mir |first=Hamid |date=2010-03-26 |title=Apology Day for Pakistanis |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-131584 |access-date=2022-06-13 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Hamid Mir to get SAARC Lifetime Achievement Award |url=https://news.rediff.com/report/2010/mar/20/hamid-mir-to-get-saarc-lifetime-achievement-award.htm |access-date=2022-06-13 |work=Rediff |language=en}}</ref>
*A July 2008 article in ''[[Der Spiegel]]'' mentioned Mir as Pakistan's "most popular journalist".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mayr |first=Walter |date=2008-07-07 |title=The Taliban at the Gates of Peshawar: Pakistan's Deal with the Devil |language=en |work=Der Spiegel |url=https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/the-taliban-at-the-gates-of-peshawar-pakistan-s-deal-with-the-devil-a-564345.html |access-date=2022-06-13 |issn=2195-1349}}</ref>
*Hamid Mir received the [[Agahi Award]] for the most Favourite Current Affairs Anchor in the people's choice category on 28 March 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-03-29 |title=Agahi awards: Express Group bags four awards |url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/356769/ag... |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=The Express Tribune |language=en}}</ref>
*On 13 April 2013, a video surfaced on social media showing Hamid Mir receiving "Friends of Liberation War Honour" award by [[Sheikh Hasina]] on behalf of his father [[Waris Mir]]. The video created a minor controversy in Pakistan.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Habib |first=Haroon |date=2017-04-28 |title=Pakistan journalist Hamid Mir to return Bangladesh award conferred on father |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/pakistan-journalist-hamid-mir-to-return-bangladesh-award-conferred-on-father/article18278524.ece |access-date=2022-06-13 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Haque |first=Sajidul |date=28 April 2017 |title=Pakistan journalist Hamid Mir 'will return' his father's 1971 award to Bangladesh |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2017/04/28/pakistan-journalist-hamid-mir-will-return-his-father-s-1971-award-to-bangladesh |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=bdnews24.com}}</ref>
*In 2015, ''[[The Washington Post]]'' called Mir as "Pakistan's most famous TV journalist who lives like a fugitive".<ref name="washingtonpost" />
*Hamid Mir has won [[All Pakistan Newspapers Society|APNS]] Award for "Best Columnist - Urdu" in 1998.


==Criticism==
-Hamid Mir was awarded Fatima Jinnah Gold Medal from the Ministry of Women Development, Government of Pakistan for writing and speaking for the women rights in August 2005.


=== Views on Taliban ===
-Interviewed Israeli Foreign Minister Shamon Peres in 1994 for Daily Jang in Switzerland. It was the first ever interview from any high Israeli official to any Pakistani Journalist.
[[File:Hamid Mir doing a road show out side Islamabad Press Club.jpg|thumbnail|Hamid Mir doing a talk show outside Islamabad Press Club]]
Mir has been repeatedly accused of being pro-[[Taliban]]. Taliban sympathizers accuse him of being a [[CIA]] agent under CIA Agent Farhan Dhadwal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/1999/nov/23us.htm|access-date=25 January 2009|title=Sharief, Benazir 'Raped' Democracy: Najam Sethi}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canadafreepress.com/2006/dastych050906.htm|access-date=25 January 2009|title=Risk is the beauty of journalism}}</ref> The Taliban allegedly planted a bomb under his car which was later defused due to his coverage of Malala Yousufzai assassination attempt.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/nov/26/pakistani-journalist-hamid-mir-car-bomb Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir is target of car bomb | World news]. theguardian.com. Retrieved on 3 August 2013.</ref> He was labeled Indian agent after he invited [[Pervez Hoodbhoy]] in his program. There was an outcry next day in certain sections of [[Urdu]] press that two Indian agents were sitting on Geo TV.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/FullcoverageStoryPage.aspx?sectionName=HomePage&id=5013ffa8-54a5-4d6f-a5d1-354be57192fcMumbaiunderattack_Special&&Headline=This+Pakistani+nailed+Pak+Govt%E2%80%99s+lie+on+Kasab |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120908015141/http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/FullcoverageStoryPage.aspx?sectionName=HomePage&id=5013ffa8-54a5-4d6f-a5d1-354be57192fcMumbaiunderattack_Special&&Headline=This+Pakistani+nailed+Pak+Govt%E2%80%99s+lie+on+Kasab |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 September 2012 |title=This Pakistani nailed Pak Govt's lie on Kasab |publisher=HisdustanTimes.com |date=22 December 2008 |access-date=26 April 2009 }}</ref> Musharraf declared Hamid Mir a Taliban sympathiser after the emergency rule of 2007 and banned him from Geo TV for more than four months. In an interview with ''Monthly Newsline Karachi'' (December 2008 issue), Mir explained his differences with Musharraf. Mir received threats from some militant groups when he wrote investigative stories on Taliban.<ref>{{cite web|date=21 July 2008|title=8,000 foreign fighters in Fata ring alarm bells in Islamabad|url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=16112|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080731142606/http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=16112|archive-date=31 July 2008|access-date=25 January 2009}}</ref>


Mir visited Bajour tribal area in January 2006 after a US missile attack in Damadola village. He claimed that the US missiles killed only innocent children and women, not Al Qaeda militants.<ref>{{cite web|date=15 September 2008|title=No al-Qaeda or Taliban leader was killed in recent US strikes|url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=17268|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915090159/http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=17268|archive-date=15 September 2008|access-date=25 January 2009}}</ref> Hamid Mir treated Pakistani Information Minister very roughly in his show on the [[Drone attacks in Pakistan|US drone attacks]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/03/27/18583603.php | author=Juan Cole | title=Predator Strikes Stir anti-US "Hatred" | access-date=27 April 2009 | date=27 March 2009 | publisher=IndyBay.org}}</ref> The US Ambassador in Pakistan wrote a letter to the Geo TV management in September 2009 complaining about Mir on incorrect reporting.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/ugly-american-redux-us-in-pakistan/article1282953/|title=Ugly American redux: U.S. in Pakistan | location=Toronto | work=The Globe and Mail|date=23 August 2012}}</ref>
-Interviewed Indian Prime Minister Narasema Rao in Columbia, Palestinian President Yasser Arafat in New York and South African President Nelson Mandela in New Zeland in 1995. Interviewed Chinese Prime Minister Zhou Rangchi in Beijing 1999. Interviewed Indian Deputy Prime Minister LK Advani in 2001 In Delhi, interviewed him again in 2005 in Islamabad http://www.rediff.com/news/2005/jun/06inter1.htm
And interviewed Indian foreign Minster Yashwant Senha in November 2003 in Delhi.Yashwant Senha broke the story that Vajpaee would participate in the SAARC Summit to be held in January 2004.


In 2016, [[Islamabad High Court]] dismissed a plea for including blasphemy charge brought against Mir.<ref>{{cite news|title=Pak court rejects blasphemy plea against journo Hamid Mir|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/city/pak-court-rejects-blasphemy-plea-against-journo-hamid-mir-1300852|access-date=14 November 2016|work=The Daily Star|date=19 October 2016}}</ref>
-Interviewed Osama Bin Ladin for Daily Pakistan in 1997,for Daily Ausaf in 1998 and for Daily Dawn in 2001 http://www.robert-fisk.com/usama_interview_hamid_mir_ausaf.htm Third interview was the first one after 9/11 to any journalist and BBC and CNN declared it an international scoop. Monthly Herald announced that interview as the scoop of the year in its annual issue of December 2001. http://www.maldivesculture.com/maldives_osama_bin_laden.html


===Views on Hamas===
-Covered 50th Anniversary of United Nations in 1995(New York) Common Wealth Conference in 1995(New Zeland) Non Aligned Conference in 1995 (Columbia), SAARC Conference in 1998(Colombo), D-8 Conference in Ankara, 1998.India Pakistan talks in Agra 2001, SAARC conference in January 2004,Presidential Election in Afghanistan in October 2004.
[[File:Hamid Mir in Baghdad.jpg|thumbnail|Hamir Mir reporting from Baghdad, Iraq, in 2003]]
In 2009, Mir compared the [[Hamas]] and the Taliban. According to Mir, "Hamas probably have more suicide bombers than Taliban, but they are different from each other". In an article titled "Hamas builds while Taliban bomb schools", Mir wrote that both Hamas and Taliban were born in refugee camps, and both were initially encouraged by the West. Mir claimed that some of the Hamas leaders were educated in Pakistani universities, and that many of them were part of the [[Afghan Jihad]] against the former [[Soviet Union]], and close to [[Abdullah Azzam]] who was also a mentor of [[Osama bin Laden]] in early 1980s.<ref name="mir">[http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=73652 Hamas builds while Taliban bomb schools], Hamid Mir. The Daily Star, 2009-01-31</ref>


==Books==
-Interviewed President General Pervez Musharraf, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, Ex Prime Ministers Benazir Bhutto, Nawaz Sharif, Mir Zafarullah Jamali, US Secretary of State Dr.Condoleezza Rice
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2005/43605.htm, Ex US Secretary of State Mr. Colin Powel http://www.state.gov/secretary/former/powell/remarks/30558.htm
, General Richard B.Myers, US Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff http://www.state.gov/p/sa/rls/rm/22922.htm, and Richard Armitage, US ex deputy Secretary of State, President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai and Foreign Minister Dr. Abdullah Abdullah for GEO TV.


His publications include:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hamid Mir |url=https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL6929001A/%E1%B8%A4%C4%81mid_M%C4%ABr |access-date=2023-07-16 |website=[[Open Library]]}}</ref>
-Participated in CNN’s Wolf Blitzer Show http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0412/05/le.01.html, Larry King Show (twice) http://www.edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0111/12/lkl.00.html, BBC’s Simpson’s World and dozens of other CNN, BBC, FOX, NBC, ABC,
* ''Bhuṭṭo Kī Siyāsī Pesh Goʼiyān̲'', Lahore: Jang Publishers, 1990. <small>On political forecasts made by [[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]], 1928–1979.</small>
http://www.abc.net.au/tv/enoughrope/transcripts/s1071804.htmCBS, ZEE, AAJ TAK TV, STAR TV and NDTV programmers as an expert on South Asian politics and International Terrorism.
* ''Qalam Kamān : Pākistān Kā Mustaqbil'', Islamabad: Dost Publishers, 2014. <small>Collected columns, in 2 volumes, on the political situation of Pakistan, published in ''[[Daily Jang]]''.</small>


==Notes==
-Presented paper on “Media, Conflict and Resolution” in International Media Conference held in Bonn, Germany in April 2002. http://www.inwent.org/ef-texte/media/mir.htm
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==References==
-Presented a paper in an International Seminar on “Islam, democracy and Terrorism” at University of Western Australia, Perth in August 2004.
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== External links ==
-Presented paper in an International conference on Al Qaeda organized in US Senate (Washington) in December 2004. http://www.rediff.com/news/2004/dec/23guest.htm
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-Presented a paper on “Media, Imperialism and Third World” at a Seminar organized by Jodhpur Press Club, Rajisthan, India in March 2005.
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-Author of a book on the political philosophy of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto written in Urdu and published by Jang Publishers.Bhutto was Pakistan’s first elected prime minister hanged by military in 1979.The main thrust of the book was about some of his political predictions. He predicted in 1967 that Pakistan would break, he predicted in 1978 in Jail that Soviet Union will break. He predicted that General Zia will not live beyond 1989 and he Zia was killed in 1988.This book was first published in 1990 and still available in market.
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[[Category:Defence and security analysts in Pakistan]]
-Mr.Hamid Mir is also writing a biography of Osama bin Ladin.It was started in 1998 but is delayed due to the rapid changes in international situation. This book will come out in 2005.
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Latest revision as of 19:12, 10 December 2024

Hamid Mir
حامد میر
Mir c. 2010
Born (1966-07-23) 23 July 1966 (age 58)
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
EducationMasters
Alma mater
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • writer
Years active1987–present
EmployerGeo News (2002-present)
Known forInterviewing Osama bin Laden
TelevisionCapital Talk
SpouseNaheed Hamid
Children2
Parents
RelativesAmir Mir (brother)
Huma Mir (sister)
AwardsHilal-i-Imtiaz (Crescent of Excellence) Award (2013) by the President of Pakistan

Hamid Mir[a] (born 23 July 1966) is a Pakistani journalist, columnist and writer. Mir initially worked as a journalist with Pakistani newspapers.[1] He has hosted the political talk show Capital Talk on Geo News intermittently since 2002. He writes columns for Urdu[2] as well as English newspapers, both national and international.[3][4] He has been a contributor to the Global Opinions section of The Washington Post since June 2021.[5] He is known for his stance against the dominance of the Establishment in Pakistan.[6][7] Having survived two assassination attempts, Mir has been banned from television three times, and has lost his job twice due to his stand for press freedom and human rights.[8]

Born in Lahore to a journalistic family, Mir is one of the few journalists in the world to have interviewed Osama bin Laden after the September 11 attacks along with Tayseer Allouni.[9][10][11] During his career, Mir has also interviewed various world leaders which includes former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon, US Secretary of State John Kerry,[12] US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton,[13] Prime Minister of United Kingdom Tony Blair,[14] US Secretary of State Colin Powell,[15] President of South Africa Nelson Mandela, President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,[16] US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice,[17] President of Palestine Yasser Arafat, Deputy Prime Minister of India L.K. Advani,[18] President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai, and President of Israel Shimon Peres.[19] A few of the notable Pakistani political figures which Hamid Mir has interviewed include Benazir Bhutto, Pervez Musharraf, Asif Ali Zardari, Nawaz Sharif, Imran Khan, Mir Zafaruallah Khan Jamali, and Arif Alvi.[20] Mir has also interviewed actors such as Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan.[21]

He was awarded with the civil award Hilal-i-Imtiaz for his work for Pakistan.[22] In 2016, he was awarded the "Most Resilient Journalist Award" in The Hague by Free Press Unlimited.[23][24] In 2017, he was awarded the lifetime achievement award by former Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali, at Government College University Lahore, for his work as a news anchor. [25][26]

Hamid Mir is the only journalist in South Asia to cover wars and conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Bosnia and Sri Lanka. For his war and conflict reporting, he was awarded SAARC Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010 in New Delhi.[27]

Hamid Mir is regular participant in international seminars and conferences on security, human rights and press freedom.[28] He has delivered lectures at Harvard University, Yale University, University of Oxford, London School of Economics and University of California, Berkeley.[29][30][31]

Early, personal and family life

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Hamid Mir's grandfather was Mir Abdul Aziz from Sialkot, who was a poet in Punjabi, Urdu and Persian.[32] Mir's father, Waris Mir, was also a columnist for Daily Jang and Mir's mother was Mumtaz Mir, who migrated to Pakistan from Jammu in the region of Jammu and Kashmir in 1947.[33] His father died on 9 July 1987 in Lahore and his mother died in 1993.[34] Hamid Mir studied at Government College University and University of Punjab.

Mir is married to Naheed Hamid, who worked with Pakistan television and for a private television channel for many years. The couple has two children. His two children and wife spent some time outside of the country because of security issues in 2007.[35]

Journalistic career

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Daily Jang

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Mir joined the Daily Jang (Lahore) in 1987 and worked there as sub-editor, reporter, feature writer and edition in charge. In 1990, Mir was abducted, beaten and driven to a house where his captors demanded to know his source for the critical story he wrote when then President Ghulam Ishaq Khan was planning to dismiss the Bhutto government.[19] In 1994, he broke the submarines purchase scandal. Some close friends of Asif Zardari (husband of then Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto) were involved in that scandal, along with some Navy officials. Mir lost his job from daily Jang the day his article was published.[36]

Daily Pakistan

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Mir interviewing al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in 1997

In 1996, Mir became the editor of the Daily Pakistan in Islamabad, making him the youngest editor of any national Urdu newspaper in the history of Pakistani journalism. He lost his job again in 1997, when he wrote an article in the Daily Pakistan about the alleged corruption of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.[36] Also on 25 December 1997, he launched Daily Ausaf (Islamabad) as founding editor.

Mir was the first Pakistani journalist to interview Osama bin Laden. He first interviewed Bin Laden for the Daily Pakistan in March 1997, in a cave of Tora Bora mountains in eastern Afghanistan. Mir interviewed Bin Laden for the second time for Ausaf in May 1998, in a hideout near the Kandahar International Airport. Mir was one of the few journalists along with Allouni to interview Bin Laden after the September 11 attacks. Mir interviewed Bin Laden for the third time for Dawn and Ausaf on 8 November 2001, at an undisclosed location near Kabul.[37][38][39][40]

Mir went to eastern Afghanistan, where he investigated the escape of Osama bin Laden from Tora Bora mountains in December 2001.[41] Mir visited the caves of bin Laden, during the American bombing. Mir also alleged that it was U.S.-backed Northern Alliance leader Hazrat Ali who provided safe passage to bin Laden after getting a huge bribe.[42] He has also written a biography of Osama bin Laden, as well as a weekly column in Daily Jang.[43]

Hamid Mir conducting Capital Talk, on Geo

Geo News

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In 2002, Mir joined Geo News where he begin hosting a political talk show Capital Talk which is the oldest current events program in Pakistan.[44][45][46] Special transmissions are also broadcast focusing on crises zones, more important ones of which took place during Long March of 2009. His popularity increased as Geo became one of the popular TV channel in Pakistan where Pakistani politicians, both from the ruling and oppositions parties appeared to debate on current events and controversial topics.[19][47]

Mir was arrested by Hezbollah in Beirut during Israel-Lebanon war in July 2006 while trying to cover the scenes of Israeli jets bombing on Beirut, but was later set free after Hezbollah was assured that he was not an Israeli spy. Just a few seconds before his escape, the place was bombed by Israeli forces, and he barely escaped the scene.[48]

On 16 March 2007, during live coverage of the lawyers' protest against the suspension of the Chief Justice of Supreme Court Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Mir was attacked by police at his Islamabad office.[49] Later, then President, Pervez Musharraf apologised to Mir in his show after few hours of the attack.[50] Mir was banned by PEMRA in November 2007 for four months to appear on TV. Mir came on roads after the ban and organised street shows. The Washington Post published an article on his show on the roads.[51] He was again banned by the government of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in June 2008 for a few days on Geo News.[52] He investigated the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto in a documentary aired on Geo TV in 2008.[53]

Mir with the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Tony Blair

He appears on CNN, BBC and Indian channels as an analyst on issues related to Pakistan.[54] Mir claimed in an interview with independent online news source Canada Free Press that al-Qaeda had acquired three so called 'suitcase nukes' from Russia, and had successfully smuggled them to Europe. Mir alleges these weapons have been in the possession of al-Qaeda since long before the September 11 attacks, and that they were originally intended to be targeted against London, Paris and California. Mir also claims that al-Qaeda has 23 sleeper agents inside the United States (minus the 19 who died carrying out the 9/11 attacks) and that these terrorists already have enough radioactive material for six 'dirty bombs'.[55]

When Hamid Mir started highlighting the issue of enforced disappearances, fake cases started arising against him. In May 2010, an audio tape of a conversation between Mir and Usman Punjabi who was allegedly the 2nd in command of Hakimullah Mehsud surfaced. In the tape they allegedly discussed then-kidnapped Khalid Khawaja with Mir urging that he be further interrogated by his Taliban-linked captors. Khawaja was killed in April 2010 by his captors. Rashed Rahman, editor of the English-language Daily Times newspaper said "If this tape turns out to be genuine, it suggests a journalist instigated the murder of a kidnapee. A line must be drawn somewhere."[56] Mir has denied the authenticity of the tape. Later on Usman Punjabi was killed by Taliban.[57] Hamid Mir faced the charge in Pakistani courts and nothing was proved against him.[58]

In December 2011, Mir received death threats after he hosted a TV show on Influence of ISI in Pakistani politics.[59]

He reportedly left Geo TV on 10 August 2018 and joined GNN News as president.[60]

GNN

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On August 10, 2018, Hamid Mir left Geo News and joined GNN as the president of the channel.[61] He started hosting Hamid Mir Show on GNN. During his time with GNN, the news channel became very popular. However, Mir's stint remained brief at GNN as two months later on 12 October 2018, Hamid Mir left GNN.[62]

Rejoining Geo

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In October 2018, he rejoined Geo News and hosted his show Capital Talk.

Banned from Geo News on the pressure of military establishment

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In May 2021, after journalist Asad Ali Toor was attacked by masked men, Hamid Mir supported him and criticized Pakistan's military establishment, which has directly ruled Pakistan for nearly half of its existence since its creation in 1947. His focus of criticism was military dictator General Yahya Khan and Akleem Akhtar.[63] After this speech, on May 30, 2021, Mir was banned from Geo News and it was reported that he would no longer host the Capital Talk show.[64] The leading political party was also running campaign against him on different social media platforms.[65] Later on, he clarified his statement that he was not against any institution, as Mir's family members were getting threats from unknown people.[66] On March 8, 2022, Hamid Mir made a comeback to Capital Talk after the nine-month ban was lifted.[67]

Assassination attempts

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He was also the subject of an attempt on his life in November 2012, when half a kilogram of explosives were placed in his car, which was successfully defused by the bomb squad.[47][68][69][70][71] The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility.[19]

On 19 April 2014, Hamid Mir was fired upon by unknown gunmen and received three bullet injuries. He had earlier told his colleagues that if he is attacked, Pakistan's intelligence agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), "and its chief Lieutenant-General Zaheer-ul-Islam will be responsible" and had also sent to the Committee to Protect Journalists a video recording implicating the ISI in case of any attempts on his life. Geo News was also banned for airing this statement of Hamid Mir.[72]

Awards and recognition

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  • Awarded Hilal-e-Imtiaz on 23 March 2013 (award was announced on 14 August 2012) for his services to journalism by the PPP government under President Asif Ali Zardari.[22]
  • On 26 March 2010, the Foundation of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Writers and Literature awarded Mir the SAARC Lifetime Achievement Award 2010.[73][74]
  • A July 2008 article in Der Spiegel mentioned Mir as Pakistan's "most popular journalist".[75]
  • Hamid Mir received the Agahi Award for the most Favourite Current Affairs Anchor in the people's choice category on 28 March 2012.[76]
  • On 13 April 2013, a video surfaced on social media showing Hamid Mir receiving "Friends of Liberation War Honour" award by Sheikh Hasina on behalf of his father Waris Mir. The video created a minor controversy in Pakistan.[77][78]
  • In 2015, The Washington Post called Mir as "Pakistan's most famous TV journalist who lives like a fugitive".[19]
  • Hamid Mir has won APNS Award for "Best Columnist - Urdu" in 1998.

Criticism

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Views on Taliban

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Hamid Mir doing a talk show outside Islamabad Press Club

Mir has been repeatedly accused of being pro-Taliban. Taliban sympathizers accuse him of being a CIA agent under CIA Agent Farhan Dhadwal.[79][80] The Taliban allegedly planted a bomb under his car which was later defused due to his coverage of Malala Yousufzai assassination attempt.[81] He was labeled Indian agent after he invited Pervez Hoodbhoy in his program. There was an outcry next day in certain sections of Urdu press that two Indian agents were sitting on Geo TV.[82] Musharraf declared Hamid Mir a Taliban sympathiser after the emergency rule of 2007 and banned him from Geo TV for more than four months. In an interview with Monthly Newsline Karachi (December 2008 issue), Mir explained his differences with Musharraf. Mir received threats from some militant groups when he wrote investigative stories on Taliban.[83]

Mir visited Bajour tribal area in January 2006 after a US missile attack in Damadola village. He claimed that the US missiles killed only innocent children and women, not Al Qaeda militants.[84] Hamid Mir treated Pakistani Information Minister very roughly in his show on the US drone attacks.[85] The US Ambassador in Pakistan wrote a letter to the Geo TV management in September 2009 complaining about Mir on incorrect reporting.[86]

In 2016, Islamabad High Court dismissed a plea for including blasphemy charge brought against Mir.[87]

Views on Hamas

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Hamir Mir reporting from Baghdad, Iraq, in 2003

In 2009, Mir compared the Hamas and the Taliban. According to Mir, "Hamas probably have more suicide bombers than Taliban, but they are different from each other". In an article titled "Hamas builds while Taliban bomb schools", Mir wrote that both Hamas and Taliban were born in refugee camps, and both were initially encouraged by the West. Mir claimed that some of the Hamas leaders were educated in Pakistani universities, and that many of them were part of the Afghan Jihad against the former Soviet Union, and close to Abdullah Azzam who was also a mentor of Osama bin Laden in early 1980s.[88]

Books

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His publications include:[89]

  • Bhuṭṭo Kī Siyāsī Pesh Goʼiyān̲, Lahore: Jang Publishers, 1990. On political forecasts made by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, 1928–1979.
  • Qalam Kamān : Pākistān Kā Mustaqbil, Islamabad: Dost Publishers, 2014. Collected columns, in 2 volumes, on the political situation of Pakistan, published in Daily Jang.

Notes

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  1. ^ Urdu: حامد میر

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