Hamid Mir wrote : "On March 23, 2021, Narendra Modi wrote a letter to Imran Khan on Pakistan Day. These developments took foreign office by surprise. It was only then that Yousef Al Otaiba, the UAE Ambassador to the US, revealed that secret talks between Faiz Hameed and Ajit Doval in Dubai have gone ahead,"

timesofindia Tuesday, January 10, 2023 6:07:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir wrote : "In September 2021, Imran Khan disappointed Bajwa by repeating Pakistan’s old traditional position on Kashmir in the United Nations General Assembly session, but Bajwa continued to give hope to India through the back channel saying that there would be a breakthrough in April 2022,"

timesofindia Tuesday, January 10, 2023 6:07:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir wrote ( about Imran Khan ) : "He [Bajwa] complained to Khan Sahib [Imran] that whatever we [Pak army] did, we did it by asking you. Khan sahib told him to go slowly and let the opposition in,"

timesofindia Tuesday, January 10, 2023 6:07:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “the narrative of Imran Khan has only become popular because you (Shehbaz and Zardari) do not expose the truth”

thenews-pk Sunday, December 18, 2022 4:34:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “If Gen Bajwa is interested in Pakistan’s history and wants to study it, he needs to read former DG ISPR Brigadier (retd) AR Siddiqi’s about Gen Yahya Khan as he was his press secretary,”

thenews-pk Sunday, December 4, 2022 4:52:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "The government has changed but the situation of the media remains the same."

irishsun Monday, October 24, 2022 10:22:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said ( about Ahmed Sharif ) : "The journalist community in Pakistan is demanding an immediate inquiry about the target(ed) killing of Arshad Sharif in Kenya, many political parties are also supporting this demand, the government of Pakistan must form a judicial commission to investigate the murder"

AfricaNews-English Monday, October 24, 2022 9:28:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir wrote : “Extreme climate events have become a regular phenomenon in South Asia,”

WashingtonPost Sunday, September 4, 2022 2:16:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir wrote : “Extreme climate events have become a regular phenomenon in South Asia,”

WashingtonPost Monday, August 29, 2022 7:34:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir declarou : "não está interessado em lutar nas montanhas. Ele pensa mais internacionalmente"

odia Tuesday, August 2, 2022 5:02:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir declarou : "não está interessado em lutar nas montanhas. Ele pensa mais internacionalmente"

24-sapo Tuesday, August 2, 2022 3:04:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir declarou : "não está interessado em lutar nas montanhas. Ele pensa mais internacionalmente"

em Tuesday, August 2, 2022 4:12:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said ( about Pervez Musharraf ) : “What Musharraf did instead was to introduce systematic censorship,” “All private channels were blocked by the military regime in November 2007 for covering restoration of the judiciary movement”

guardian Sunday, June 19, 2022 3:30:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “PTI must stop protesting outside the house of (Nawaz Sharif) in London and PML-N should not do the same outside the house of (Jemima). Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones on others,”

dailytimesPK Saturday, April 16, 2022 7:01:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones on others,”

tribune Friday, April 15, 2022 7:10:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "PTI must stop protesting outside the house of (Nawaz Sharif) in London and PML-N should not do the same outside the house of (Jemima). Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones on others,"

dawn Friday, April 15, 2022 5:58:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "They have been asked to take assurances from the opposition that the new government will not register NAB cases and arrest them,"

thenews-pk Sunday, April 10, 2022 4:36:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir told : “There is an element of forgery in the letter”

thenews-pk Monday, April 4, 2022 4:38:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “I will only ask questions with facts about the economy; facts and figures released by the State Bank of Pakistan,” “If he is ready, I can do this show at D-Chowk. I accept the challenge”

tribune Wednesday, March 16, 2022 8:38:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "The government does not want factual news, but wants news only in its favour in the media,"

irishsun Saturday, February 19, 2022 4:08:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir wrote : “In short, the Afghan Taliban is now behaving like great liberators who broke the shackles of foreign occupation without help from anyone else. The Afghan Taliban refuses to acknowledge Pakistan’s many years of tacit and not-so-tacit support for the group’s fight. If Pakistani leaders were expecting some sign of gratitude, they’re still waiting,”

sunnewsonline Friday, February 11, 2022 5:26:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir stated : “But the Taliban isn’t listening to anyone — including Pakistan, which has annoyed many friendly countries by blindly supporting the Taliban over the years. On Sunday, the TTP killed five Pakistani soldiers — and openly accepted responsibility. Pakistanis’ patience is running thin. The question is, how long Islamabad can go on ignoring reality,”

sunnewsonline Friday, February 11, 2022 5:26:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir wrote : "The bottom line is that the Afghan Taliban doesn't trust Pakistan. Both have played double games with each other in the past. Now the Taliban is opening channels with India and Iran. It wants official diplomatic recognition for its new state, and it wants other countries to unfreeze Afghan funds that are held in foreign banks -- but it also doesn't want to meet the international community's conditions,"

irishsun Thursday, February 10, 2022 11:50:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir wrote : "The bottom line is that the Afghan Taliban doesn't trust Pakistan. Both have played double games with each other in the past. Now the Taliban is opening channels with India and Iran. It wants official diplomatic recognition for its new state, and it wants other countries to unfreeze Afghan funds that are held in foreign banks -- but it also doesn't want to meet the international community's conditions,"

nepalnews Wednesday, February 9, 2022 2:33:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "On Gwadar's seacoast, women today held a big rally. A few days ago too, inhabitants of Gwadar held a rally of shrouds [for dressing the dead] but sadly the 'national media' often ignores the protests in Gwadar and other parts of Baluchistan"

memrijttm Thursday, December 16, 2021 8:35:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "On Gwadar's seacoast, women today took out a big rally. A few days ago too, inhabitants of Gwadar had taken out a rally of shrouds [for dressing the dead] but sadly the 'national media' often ignores the protests in Gwadar and other parts of Baluchistan"

memrijttm Monday, December 13, 2021 7:03:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “This audio provided more substance to the accusation that Khan was installed in government by the powerful non-political forces,”

guardian Wednesday, December 1, 2021 3:54:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “Chief Justice of Pakistan in his address said that judiciary is free, but I disagree with his claim,”

thenews-pk Sunday, November 21, 2021 4:15:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “The purpose of my speech was not at all to hurt the feelings and sentiments of others but still I sincerely apologise if my words lacerated the sentiments of someone,”

thehindu Wednesday, June 9, 2021 3:55:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "Disappointment was being shown as nothing was being done against the attacks on journalists which also included me,"

tribune Wednesday, June 9, 2021 3:18:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "I felt honour in covering them,"

tribune Wednesday, June 9, 2021 3:18:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “The purpose of my speech was not at all to hurt the feelings and sentiments of others but still I sincerely apologise if my words lacerated the sentiments of someone,”

Hindu Wednesday, June 9, 2021 3:06:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir told : “The management asked me to either explain or refute the speech outside the Press Club,”

pakobserver Saturday, June 5, 2021 4:11:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir wrote : “maybe I spoke too much. But I spoke too much because I have suffered too much”

independent-UK Thursday, June 3, 2021 4:43:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "I was banned twice in the past. Lost jobs twice. Survived assassination attempts, but cannot stop raising voice for the rights given in the constitution,"

laht Wednesday, June 2, 2021 5:27:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "I was banned twice in the past. Lost jobs twice. Survived assassination attempts but cannot stop raising voice for the rights given in the constitution,"

dhakatribune Tuesday, June 1, 2021 10:43:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "This time I'm ready for any consequences and ready to go at any extent because they are threatening my family,"

dhakatribune Tuesday, June 1, 2021 10:43:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “If they can enter our homes and assault us, we can’t enter their homes because they are armed with weapons, but we can definitely expose what goes on inside their homes — and why the wife of a general shot at him,”

expressindia Tuesday, June 1, 2021 8:37:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir added : “I asked them (the Geo management) if they had got calls to tell me this and if so, who had called them. They did not tell me. I did not name anyone,”

expressindia Tuesday, June 1, 2021 8:37:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “I offered to my management that the faces of the three men (who assaulted Toor) have been captured on CCTV, let them find and produce these men and declare they are not from ISI, and I will give not just a clarification, but an apology. They said they would get back to me. Today Geo management informed me that I am not doing the show,”

expressindia Tuesday, June 1, 2021 8:37:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “On relations with Israel and India, we journalists stand on the same side as the people of this country, on the same side as the Qaid e Azam,”

expressindia Tuesday, June 1, 2021 8:37:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir asked ( about Pervez Musharraf ) : “I would like to ask the minister why senior military officials like Gen Musharraf are living abroad?”

timesofindia Monday, May 31, 2021 11:01:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir alleged : “Survived assassination attempts but cannot stop raising voice for the rights given in the constitution. This time, I am ready for any consequences and ready to go at any extent because they are threatening my family,”

voanews Monday, May 31, 2021 10:18:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "I was banned twice in the past. Lost jobs twice. Survived assassination attempts but cannot stop raising voice for the rights given in the constitution,"

reuters-af Monday, May 31, 2021 9:00:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "This time I'm ready for any consequences and ready to go at any extent because they are threatening my family,"

reuters-af Monday, May 31, 2021 9:00:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “I was banned twice in the past,”

Hindu Monday, May 31, 2021 7:01:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "I was banned twice in the past,"

startribune Monday, May 31, 2021 6:41:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “I’ve only been told by Geo management that I won’t be hosting the show,” “They said there is a lot of pressure [after the statements at the protest last week]. They did not say who it is coming from”

aljazeera-en Monday, May 31, 2021 6:17:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “If you’re breaking into our homes to assault us, well, we cannot enter your homes as you have tanks and guns, but we can make things public, things from inside your homes,”

aljazeera-en Monday, May 31, 2021 6:17:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “I was banned twice in the past,”

680news Monday, May 31, 2021 3:07:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “I was banned twice in the past,”

beaumontenterprise Monday, May 31, 2021 2:44:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “I was banned twice in the past,”

ABCnews Monday, May 31, 2021 2:40:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “These shells have expired as their manufacturing date is 2016, and their shelf life is four years,”

geo-tv Thursday, February 11, 2021 7:24:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “He had prepared a bag as well and would say that the NAB would arrest him soon,”

thenews-pk Wednesday, December 30, 2020 4:24:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "He had prepared a bag as well and would say that the NAB would arrest him soon,"

geo-tv Wednesday, December 30, 2020 4:19:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "He had prepared a bag as well and would say that the NAB would arrest him soon,"

geo-tv Tuesday, December 29, 2020 7:46:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "He had prepared a bag as well and would say that the NAB would arrest him soon,"

thenews-pk Tuesday, December 29, 2020 6:25:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir wrote ( about May Allah ) : "May Allah give fast recovery to you and all #Covid_19 patients best of luck,"

thenews-pk Saturday, December 19, 2020 5:04:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir wrote ( about May Allah ) : "May Allah give fast recovery to you and all #Covid_19 patients best of luck,"

thenews-pk Friday, December 18, 2020 9:49:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said ( about Osama bin Laden ) : “When I interviewed Osama bin Laden in Nov 2001, my paper was reluctant to publish it I gave it to Dawn. Musharraf regime tried to stop the interview from being published. Asmi told me to switch off my phone and disappear and I will handle it. The next day it was published,”

thenews-pk Sunday, November 1, 2020 4:28:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "The health official could not satisfy regarding the price hike and had reportedly said that he was not directly responsible for it,"

thenews-pk Wednesday, July 29, 2020 3:24:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir added : "The prime minister has launched an inquiry into this,"

thenews-pk Wednesday, July 29, 2020 3:24:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “Don’t think we are weak. We will continue to unmask the liars,”

thenews-pk Monday, May 4, 2020 4:36:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "Don't assume that we're weak. We will continue to expose the liars,"

thenews-pk Sunday, May 3, 2020 10:21:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “may Allah’s curse the one who lies on media”

thenews-pk Friday, April 24, 2020 5:01:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "I particularly want to highlight the high reporting standards Anadolu Agency has maintained with respect to ongoing coronavirus crisis. Its reporting is not only timely but more importantly accurate, careful, and objective" "My best wishes to Anadolu Agency family,"

haberler-en Monday, April 6, 2020 12:10:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "The NAB has violated its own law as it cannot arrest a person on complaint verification,"

geo-tv Friday, March 13, 2020 9:24:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “The NAB has violated its own law as it cannot arrest a person on complaint verification,”

thenews-pk Friday, March 13, 2020 5:03:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir alisema : "Ni uamuzi wa kihistoria ambao utafungua upya historia ya siasa"

deutschewelle-sw Tuesday, December 17, 2019 2:23:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir wrote ( about Nawaz Sharif ) : "Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif suffered a heart attack in Services Hospital Lahore doctors saying he survived this heart attack but feeling weakness,"

dnaindia Saturday, October 26, 2019 2:49:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "Imran Khan can make such sweeping claims about journalistic freedoms here only while being in the U.S.," "President Trump can criticize the news channels he dislikes, but in Pakistan, the prime minister can not only shut down such outlets but encumber them with false allegations absent the rule of law"

irishsun Monday, September 23, 2019 10:27:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "He wouldn't even admit to pressuring the media - in this way, he's even stronger than Trump when it comes to curbing a free press,"

irishsun Monday, September 23, 2019 10:27:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said ( about Maryam Nawaz ) : "Maryam Nawaz was freed on order of the court, and the former president is an accused, not a convict," "There's no law in Pakistan which deprives either of them the right to voice their views on TV. No government body wrote to us informing what laws the interview was skirting. We received nothing in writing"

irishsun Monday, September 23, 2019 10:27:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "When the former president's interview was cut short, I did reach out to the owners of my TV channel," "They were succinct in their rejection, saying there was too much pressure and they had to yield, after which they hung up"

irishsun Monday, September 23, 2019 10:27:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "Imran Khan can make such sweeping claims about journalistic freedoms here only while being in the U.S.," "President Trump can criticize the news channels he dislikes, but in Pakistan, the prime minister can not only shut down such outlets but encumber them with false allegations absent the rule of law"

globalsecurity Monday, September 23, 2019 8:22:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "He wouldn't even admit to pressuring the media in this way, he's even stronger than Trump when it comes to curbing a free press,"

globalsecurity Monday, September 23, 2019 8:22:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said ( about Maryam Nawaz ) : "Maryam Nawaz was freed on order of the court, and the former president is an accused, not a convict," "There's no law in Pakistan which deprives either of them the right to voice their views on TV. No government body wrote to us informing what laws the interview was skirting. We received nothing in writing"

globalsecurity Monday, September 23, 2019 8:22:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "When the former president's interview was cut short, I did reach out to the owners of my TV channel," "They were succinct in their rejection, saying there was too much pressure and they had to yield, after which they hung up"

globalsecurity Monday, September 23, 2019 8:22:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “Imran Khan can make such sweeping claims about journalistic freedoms here only while being in the U.S.,” “President Trump can criticize the news channels he dislikes, but in Pakistan, the prime minister can not only shut down such outlets but encumber them with false allegations absent the rule of law”

voanews Monday, September 23, 2019 5:00:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “He wouldn’t even admit to pressuring the media – in this way, he’s even stronger than Trump when it comes to curbing a free press,”

voanews Monday, September 23, 2019 5:00:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “When the former president’s interview was cut short, I did reach out to the owners of my TV channel,” “They were succinct in their rejection, saying there was too much pressure and they had to yield, after which they hung up”

voanews Monday, September 23, 2019 5:00:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “I am very scared and have not been able to sleep for the last 10 days. There is so much panic and tension in every household due to the lock down that all sorts of weird thoughts are crossing the mind. We are praying to almighty to end our suffering,”

asianage Saturday, August 17, 2019 5:40:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir added : "The government has exposed itself to the whole world," "There was unannounced censorship before, distribution would be stopped through calls to cable operators... But now the whole world can see what is happening"

aljazeera-en Wednesday, July 10, 2019 7:43:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "I am getting calls from all over the world people asking what happened? State of Pakistan giving bad name to this country we don't need enemies,"

firstpost Wednesday, July 3, 2019 6:10:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “I am getting calls from all over the world people asking what happened? State of Pakistan giving bad name to this country we don’t need enemies,”

expressindia Tuesday, July 2, 2019 9:21:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir wrote ( about Asif Ali Zardari ) : "Interview of Asif Zardari stopped on Geo News within few minutes those who stopped it have no courage to accept publically that they stopped it,"

irishsun Tuesday, July 2, 2019 5:47:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir wrote : "I was sitting in front of a Dawn News camera for 11 o clock show and then I received a call that @ZaraHatKay_Dawn team is under pressure not to interview me on Asif Ali Zardari issue they said sorry I said thank you somebody running and controlling Pakistan on telephone calls,"

irishsun Tuesday, July 2, 2019 5:47:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir wrote ( about Asif Ali Zardari ) : "Interview of Asif Zardari stopped on Geo News within few minutes those who stopped it have no courage to accept publically that they stopped it,"

business-standard Tuesday, July 2, 2019 1:30:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir wrote : "I was sitting in front of a Dawn News camera for 11 o clock show and then I received a call that @ZaraHatKay_Dawn team is under pressure not to interview me on Asif Ali Zardari issue they said sorry I said thank you somebody running and controlling Pakistan on telephone calls,"

business-standard Tuesday, July 2, 2019 1:30:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “It was Bilawal who called Nawaz ‘ Modi ka yaar ’ when the PML-N was in power,”

thehindu Saturday, March 23, 2019 6:20:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “Both Nawaz and Bilawal definitely discussed some politics. Nawaz asked Bilawal to establish a strong working relationship with his brother Shehbaz Sharif, but the main focus of this meeting was on the health of Nawaz,”

thehindu Saturday, March 23, 2019 6:20:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “It was Bilawal who called Nawaz ‘ Modi ka yaar ’ when the PML-N was in power,”

Hindu Saturday, March 23, 2019 5:52:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “Both Nawaz and Bilawal definitely discussed some politics. Nawaz asked Bilawal to establish a strong working relationship with his brother Shehbaz Sharif, but the main focus of this meeting was on the health of Nawaz,”

Hindu Saturday, March 23, 2019 5:52:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “There are cases of murderous physical assaults on Kashmir. A section of the social and electronic media is being used to tarnish our image. A number of innocent people and leaders have been jailed. The Valley appears to be under siege,”

greaterkashmir Tuesday, March 12, 2019 2:14:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "According to my information, the meeting is expected to be held in the next 24 hours,"

haberler-en Friday, January 18, 2019 8:00:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "The messages showed to me add weightage to Ayesha Gulalai's claims, but they should be investigated,"

4-traders Friday, August 4, 2017 9:12:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “I have a plan to open a media university. Rather than electronic, one should form an institution, which should have a newspaper, as well as a TV station such that when students graduate, not only should they know the basics of production and reporting but also be familiar with editorial writing”

tribune Friday, December 30, 2016 9:04:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir says : “We have forced some members of Parliament, both from the opposition and the government, to introduce a journalists’ protection bill. While measures should be taken for the protection of journalists, it will also mandate the publishers and media owners to train their journalists for coverage in risk-zones, as well as provide them with protective gear. It will be their responsibility,” “This will be first step in ensuring media freedom in the country”

tribune Friday, December 30, 2016 9:04:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "We cannot say the people want him to stay on... we can't judge the people's sentiments through a series of fake facebook accounts,"

dawn Monday, November 21, 2016 1:39:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir wrote : “War is not good for the poor people of South Asia who are in majority let the majority unite and stop this war mongering,”

expressindia Friday, September 23, 2016 8:24:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “It is not the first incident. Mere protests are no solution … there is a need for a permanent solution to this issue,”

tribune Wednesday, August 10, 2016 4:50:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir wrote : "On March 23, 2021, Narendra Modi wrote a letter to Imran Khan on Pakistan Day. These developments took foreign office by surprise. It was only then that Yousef Al Otaiba, the UAE Ambassador to the US, revealed that secret talks between Faiz Hameed and Ajit Doval in Dubai have gone ahead,"

timesofindia Tuesday, January 10, 2023 6:07:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir wrote : "In September 2021, Imran Khan disappointed Bajwa by repeating Pakistan’s old traditional position on Kashmir in the United Nations General Assembly session, but Bajwa continued to give hope to India through the back channel saying that there would be a breakthrough in April 2022,"

timesofindia Tuesday, January 10, 2023 6:07:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir wrote ( about Imran Khan ) : "He [Bajwa] complained to Khan Sahib [Imran] that whatever we [Pak army] did, we did it by asking you. Khan sahib told him to go slowly and let the opposition in,"

timesofindia Tuesday, January 10, 2023 6:07:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “the narrative of Imran Khan has only become popular because you (Shehbaz and Zardari) do not expose the truth”

thenews-pk Sunday, December 18, 2022 4:34:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “If Gen Bajwa is interested in Pakistan’s history and wants to study it, he needs to read former DG ISPR Brigadier (retd) AR Siddiqi’s about Gen Yahya Khan as he was his press secretary,”

thenews-pk Sunday, December 4, 2022 4:52:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "The government has changed but the situation of the media remains the same."

irishsun Monday, October 24, 2022 10:22:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said ( about Ahmed Sharif ) : "The journalist community in Pakistan is demanding an immediate inquiry about the target(ed) killing of Arshad Sharif in Kenya, many political parties are also supporting this demand, the government of Pakistan must form a judicial commission to investigate the murder"

AfricaNews-English Monday, October 24, 2022 9:28:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir wrote : “Extreme climate events have become a regular phenomenon in South Asia,”

WashingtonPost Sunday, September 4, 2022 2:16:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir wrote : “Extreme climate events have become a regular phenomenon in South Asia,”

WashingtonPost Monday, August 29, 2022 7:34:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir declarou : "não está interessado em lutar nas montanhas. Ele pensa mais internacionalmente"

odia Tuesday, August 2, 2022 5:02:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir declarou : "não está interessado em lutar nas montanhas. Ele pensa mais internacionalmente"

24-sapo Tuesday, August 2, 2022 3:04:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir declarou : "não está interessado em lutar nas montanhas. Ele pensa mais internacionalmente"

em Tuesday, August 2, 2022 4:12:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said ( about Pervez Musharraf ) : “What Musharraf did instead was to introduce systematic censorship,” “All private channels were blocked by the military regime in November 2007 for covering restoration of the judiciary movement”

guardian Sunday, June 19, 2022 3:30:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “PTI must stop protesting outside the house of (Nawaz Sharif) in London and PML-N should not do the same outside the house of (Jemima). Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones on others,”

dailytimesPK Saturday, April 16, 2022 7:01:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones on others,”

tribune Friday, April 15, 2022 7:10:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "PTI must stop protesting outside the house of (Nawaz Sharif) in London and PML-N should not do the same outside the house of (Jemima). Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones on others,"

dawn Friday, April 15, 2022 5:58:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "They have been asked to take assurances from the opposition that the new government will not register NAB cases and arrest them,"

thenews-pk Sunday, April 10, 2022 4:36:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir told : “There is an element of forgery in the letter”

thenews-pk Monday, April 4, 2022 4:38:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “I will only ask questions with facts about the economy; facts and figures released by the State Bank of Pakistan,” “If he is ready, I can do this show at D-Chowk. I accept the challenge”

tribune Wednesday, March 16, 2022 8:38:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "The government does not want factual news, but wants news only in its favour in the media,"

irishsun Saturday, February 19, 2022 4:08:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir wrote : “In short, the Afghan Taliban is now behaving like great liberators who broke the shackles of foreign occupation without help from anyone else. The Afghan Taliban refuses to acknowledge Pakistan’s many years of tacit and not-so-tacit support for the group’s fight. If Pakistani leaders were expecting some sign of gratitude, they’re still waiting,”

sunnewsonline Friday, February 11, 2022 5:26:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir stated : “But the Taliban isn’t listening to anyone — including Pakistan, which has annoyed many friendly countries by blindly supporting the Taliban over the years. On Sunday, the TTP killed five Pakistani soldiers — and openly accepted responsibility. Pakistanis’ patience is running thin. The question is, how long Islamabad can go on ignoring reality,”

sunnewsonline Friday, February 11, 2022 5:26:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir wrote : "The bottom line is that the Afghan Taliban doesn't trust Pakistan. Both have played double games with each other in the past. Now the Taliban is opening channels with India and Iran. It wants official diplomatic recognition for its new state, and it wants other countries to unfreeze Afghan funds that are held in foreign banks -- but it also doesn't want to meet the international community's conditions,"

irishsun Thursday, February 10, 2022 11:50:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir wrote : "The bottom line is that the Afghan Taliban doesn't trust Pakistan. Both have played double games with each other in the past. Now the Taliban is opening channels with India and Iran. It wants official diplomatic recognition for its new state, and it wants other countries to unfreeze Afghan funds that are held in foreign banks -- but it also doesn't want to meet the international community's conditions,"

nepalnews Wednesday, February 9, 2022 2:33:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "On Gwadar's seacoast, women today held a big rally. A few days ago too, inhabitants of Gwadar held a rally of shrouds [for dressing the dead] but sadly the 'national media' often ignores the protests in Gwadar and other parts of Baluchistan"

memrijttm Thursday, December 16, 2021 8:35:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "On Gwadar's seacoast, women today took out a big rally. A few days ago too, inhabitants of Gwadar had taken out a rally of shrouds [for dressing the dead] but sadly the 'national media' often ignores the protests in Gwadar and other parts of Baluchistan"

memrijttm Monday, December 13, 2021 7:03:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “This audio provided more substance to the accusation that Khan was installed in government by the powerful non-political forces,”

guardian Wednesday, December 1, 2021 3:54:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “Chief Justice of Pakistan in his address said that judiciary is free, but I disagree with his claim,”

thenews-pk Sunday, November 21, 2021 4:15:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “The purpose of my speech was not at all to hurt the feelings and sentiments of others but still I sincerely apologise if my words lacerated the sentiments of someone,”

thehindu Wednesday, June 9, 2021 3:55:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "Disappointment was being shown as nothing was being done against the attacks on journalists which also included me,"

tribune Wednesday, June 9, 2021 3:18:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "I felt honour in covering them,"

tribune Wednesday, June 9, 2021 3:18:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “The purpose of my speech was not at all to hurt the feelings and sentiments of others but still I sincerely apologise if my words lacerated the sentiments of someone,”

Hindu Wednesday, June 9, 2021 3:06:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir told : “The management asked me to either explain or refute the speech outside the Press Club,”

pakobserver Saturday, June 5, 2021 4:11:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir wrote : “maybe I spoke too much. But I spoke too much because I have suffered too much”

independent-UK Thursday, June 3, 2021 4:43:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "I was banned twice in the past. Lost jobs twice. Survived assassination attempts, but cannot stop raising voice for the rights given in the constitution,"

laht Wednesday, June 2, 2021 5:27:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "I was banned twice in the past. Lost jobs twice. Survived assassination attempts but cannot stop raising voice for the rights given in the constitution,"

dhakatribune Tuesday, June 1, 2021 10:43:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "This time I'm ready for any consequences and ready to go at any extent because they are threatening my family,"

dhakatribune Tuesday, June 1, 2021 10:43:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “If they can enter our homes and assault us, we can’t enter their homes because they are armed with weapons, but we can definitely expose what goes on inside their homes — and why the wife of a general shot at him,”

expressindia Tuesday, June 1, 2021 8:37:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir added : “I asked them (the Geo management) if they had got calls to tell me this and if so, who had called them. They did not tell me. I did not name anyone,”

expressindia Tuesday, June 1, 2021 8:37:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “I offered to my management that the faces of the three men (who assaulted Toor) have been captured on CCTV, let them find and produce these men and declare they are not from ISI, and I will give not just a clarification, but an apology. They said they would get back to me. Today Geo management informed me that I am not doing the show,”

expressindia Tuesday, June 1, 2021 8:37:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “On relations with Israel and India, we journalists stand on the same side as the people of this country, on the same side as the Qaid e Azam,”

expressindia Tuesday, June 1, 2021 8:37:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir asked ( about Pervez Musharraf ) : “I would like to ask the minister why senior military officials like Gen Musharraf are living abroad?”

timesofindia Monday, May 31, 2021 11:01:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir alleged : “Survived assassination attempts but cannot stop raising voice for the rights given in the constitution. This time, I am ready for any consequences and ready to go at any extent because they are threatening my family,”

voanews Monday, May 31, 2021 10:18:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "I was banned twice in the past. Lost jobs twice. Survived assassination attempts but cannot stop raising voice for the rights given in the constitution,"

reuters-af Monday, May 31, 2021 9:00:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "This time I'm ready for any consequences and ready to go at any extent because they are threatening my family,"

reuters-af Monday, May 31, 2021 9:00:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “I was banned twice in the past,”

Hindu Monday, May 31, 2021 7:01:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "I was banned twice in the past,"

startribune Monday, May 31, 2021 6:41:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “I’ve only been told by Geo management that I won’t be hosting the show,” “They said there is a lot of pressure [after the statements at the protest last week]. They did not say who it is coming from”

aljazeera-en Monday, May 31, 2021 6:17:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “If you’re breaking into our homes to assault us, well, we cannot enter your homes as you have tanks and guns, but we can make things public, things from inside your homes,”

aljazeera-en Monday, May 31, 2021 6:17:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “I was banned twice in the past,”

680news Monday, May 31, 2021 3:07:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “I was banned twice in the past,”

beaumontenterprise Monday, May 31, 2021 2:44:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “I was banned twice in the past,”

ABCnews Monday, May 31, 2021 2:40:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “These shells have expired as their manufacturing date is 2016, and their shelf life is four years,”

geo-tv Thursday, February 11, 2021 7:24:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “He had prepared a bag as well and would say that the NAB would arrest him soon,”

thenews-pk Wednesday, December 30, 2020 4:24:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "He had prepared a bag as well and would say that the NAB would arrest him soon,"

geo-tv Wednesday, December 30, 2020 4:19:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "He had prepared a bag as well and would say that the NAB would arrest him soon,"

geo-tv Tuesday, December 29, 2020 7:46:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "He had prepared a bag as well and would say that the NAB would arrest him soon,"

thenews-pk Tuesday, December 29, 2020 6:25:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir wrote ( about May Allah ) : "May Allah give fast recovery to you and all #Covid_19 patients best of luck,"

thenews-pk Saturday, December 19, 2020 5:04:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir wrote ( about May Allah ) : "May Allah give fast recovery to you and all #Covid_19 patients best of luck,"

thenews-pk Friday, December 18, 2020 9:49:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said ( about Osama bin Laden ) : “When I interviewed Osama bin Laden in Nov 2001, my paper was reluctant to publish it I gave it to Dawn. Musharraf regime tried to stop the interview from being published. Asmi told me to switch off my phone and disappear and I will handle it. The next day it was published,”

thenews-pk Sunday, November 1, 2020 4:28:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "The health official could not satisfy regarding the price hike and had reportedly said that he was not directly responsible for it,"

thenews-pk Wednesday, July 29, 2020 3:24:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir added : "The prime minister has launched an inquiry into this,"

thenews-pk Wednesday, July 29, 2020 3:24:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “Don’t think we are weak. We will continue to unmask the liars,”

thenews-pk Monday, May 4, 2020 4:36:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "Don't assume that we're weak. We will continue to expose the liars,"

thenews-pk Sunday, May 3, 2020 10:21:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “may Allah’s curse the one who lies on media”

thenews-pk Friday, April 24, 2020 5:01:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "I particularly want to highlight the high reporting standards Anadolu Agency has maintained with respect to ongoing coronavirus crisis. Its reporting is not only timely but more importantly accurate, careful, and objective" "My best wishes to Anadolu Agency family,"

haberler-en Monday, April 6, 2020 12:10:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "The NAB has violated its own law as it cannot arrest a person on complaint verification,"

geo-tv Friday, March 13, 2020 9:24:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “The NAB has violated its own law as it cannot arrest a person on complaint verification,”

thenews-pk Friday, March 13, 2020 5:03:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir alisema : "Ni uamuzi wa kihistoria ambao utafungua upya historia ya siasa"

deutschewelle-sw Tuesday, December 17, 2019 2:23:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir wrote ( about Nawaz Sharif ) : "Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif suffered a heart attack in Services Hospital Lahore doctors saying he survived this heart attack but feeling weakness,"

dnaindia Saturday, October 26, 2019 2:49:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "Imran Khan can make such sweeping claims about journalistic freedoms here only while being in the U.S.," "President Trump can criticize the news channels he dislikes, but in Pakistan, the prime minister can not only shut down such outlets but encumber them with false allegations absent the rule of law"

irishsun Monday, September 23, 2019 10:27:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "He wouldn't even admit to pressuring the media - in this way, he's even stronger than Trump when it comes to curbing a free press,"

irishsun Monday, September 23, 2019 10:27:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said ( about Maryam Nawaz ) : "Maryam Nawaz was freed on order of the court, and the former president is an accused, not a convict," "There's no law in Pakistan which deprives either of them the right to voice their views on TV. No government body wrote to us informing what laws the interview was skirting. We received nothing in writing"

irishsun Monday, September 23, 2019 10:27:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "When the former president's interview was cut short, I did reach out to the owners of my TV channel," "They were succinct in their rejection, saying there was too much pressure and they had to yield, after which they hung up"

irishsun Monday, September 23, 2019 10:27:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "Imran Khan can make such sweeping claims about journalistic freedoms here only while being in the U.S.," "President Trump can criticize the news channels he dislikes, but in Pakistan, the prime minister can not only shut down such outlets but encumber them with false allegations absent the rule of law"

globalsecurity Monday, September 23, 2019 8:22:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "He wouldn't even admit to pressuring the media in this way, he's even stronger than Trump when it comes to curbing a free press,"

globalsecurity Monday, September 23, 2019 8:22:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said ( about Maryam Nawaz ) : "Maryam Nawaz was freed on order of the court, and the former president is an accused, not a convict," "There's no law in Pakistan which deprives either of them the right to voice their views on TV. No government body wrote to us informing what laws the interview was skirting. We received nothing in writing"

globalsecurity Monday, September 23, 2019 8:22:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "When the former president's interview was cut short, I did reach out to the owners of my TV channel," "They were succinct in their rejection, saying there was too much pressure and they had to yield, after which they hung up"

globalsecurity Monday, September 23, 2019 8:22:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “Imran Khan can make such sweeping claims about journalistic freedoms here only while being in the U.S.,” “President Trump can criticize the news channels he dislikes, but in Pakistan, the prime minister can not only shut down such outlets but encumber them with false allegations absent the rule of law”

voanews Monday, September 23, 2019 5:00:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “He wouldn’t even admit to pressuring the media – in this way, he’s even stronger than Trump when it comes to curbing a free press,”

voanews Monday, September 23, 2019 5:00:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “When the former president’s interview was cut short, I did reach out to the owners of my TV channel,” “They were succinct in their rejection, saying there was too much pressure and they had to yield, after which they hung up”

voanews Monday, September 23, 2019 5:00:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “I am very scared and have not been able to sleep for the last 10 days. There is so much panic and tension in every household due to the lock down that all sorts of weird thoughts are crossing the mind. We are praying to almighty to end our suffering,”

asianage Saturday, August 17, 2019 5:40:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir added : "The government has exposed itself to the whole world," "There was unannounced censorship before, distribution would be stopped through calls to cable operators... But now the whole world can see what is happening"

aljazeera-en Wednesday, July 10, 2019 7:43:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "I am getting calls from all over the world people asking what happened? State of Pakistan giving bad name to this country we don't need enemies,"

firstpost Wednesday, July 3, 2019 6:10:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “I am getting calls from all over the world people asking what happened? State of Pakistan giving bad name to this country we don’t need enemies,”

expressindia Tuesday, July 2, 2019 9:21:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir wrote ( about Asif Ali Zardari ) : "Interview of Asif Zardari stopped on Geo News within few minutes those who stopped it have no courage to accept publically that they stopped it,"

irishsun Tuesday, July 2, 2019 5:47:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir wrote : "I was sitting in front of a Dawn News camera for 11 o clock show and then I received a call that @ZaraHatKay_Dawn team is under pressure not to interview me on Asif Ali Zardari issue they said sorry I said thank you somebody running and controlling Pakistan on telephone calls,"

irishsun Tuesday, July 2, 2019 5:47:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir wrote ( about Asif Ali Zardari ) : "Interview of Asif Zardari stopped on Geo News within few minutes those who stopped it have no courage to accept publically that they stopped it,"

business-standard Tuesday, July 2, 2019 1:30:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir wrote : "I was sitting in front of a Dawn News camera for 11 o clock show and then I received a call that @ZaraHatKay_Dawn team is under pressure not to interview me on Asif Ali Zardari issue they said sorry I said thank you somebody running and controlling Pakistan on telephone calls,"

business-standard Tuesday, July 2, 2019 1:30:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “It was Bilawal who called Nawaz ‘ Modi ka yaar ’ when the PML-N was in power,”

thehindu Saturday, March 23, 2019 6:20:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “Both Nawaz and Bilawal definitely discussed some politics. Nawaz asked Bilawal to establish a strong working relationship with his brother Shehbaz Sharif, but the main focus of this meeting was on the health of Nawaz,”

thehindu Saturday, March 23, 2019 6:20:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “It was Bilawal who called Nawaz ‘ Modi ka yaar ’ when the PML-N was in power,”

Hindu Saturday, March 23, 2019 5:52:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “Both Nawaz and Bilawal definitely discussed some politics. Nawaz asked Bilawal to establish a strong working relationship with his brother Shehbaz Sharif, but the main focus of this meeting was on the health of Nawaz,”

Hindu Saturday, March 23, 2019 5:52:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “There are cases of murderous physical assaults on Kashmir. A section of the social and electronic media is being used to tarnish our image. A number of innocent people and leaders have been jailed. The Valley appears to be under siege,”

greaterkashmir Tuesday, March 12, 2019 2:14:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "According to my information, the meeting is expected to be held in the next 24 hours,"

haberler-en Friday, January 18, 2019 8:00:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "The messages showed to me add weightage to Ayesha Gulalai's claims, but they should be investigated,"

4-traders Friday, August 4, 2017 9:12:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “I have a plan to open a media university. Rather than electronic, one should form an institution, which should have a newspaper, as well as a TV station such that when students graduate, not only should they know the basics of production and reporting but also be familiar with editorial writing”

tribune Friday, December 30, 2016 9:04:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir says : “We have forced some members of Parliament, both from the opposition and the government, to introduce a journalists’ protection bill. While measures should be taken for the protection of journalists, it will also mandate the publishers and media owners to train their journalists for coverage in risk-zones, as well as provide them with protective gear. It will be their responsibility,” “This will be first step in ensuring media freedom in the country”

tribune Friday, December 30, 2016 9:04:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : "We cannot say the people want him to stay on... we can't judge the people's sentiments through a series of fake facebook accounts,"

dawn Monday, November 21, 2016 1:39:00 PM EAT

Hamid Mir wrote : “War is not good for the poor people of South Asia who are in majority let the majority unite and stop this war mongering,”

expressindia Friday, September 23, 2016 8:24:00 AM EAT

Hamid Mir said : “It is not the first incident. Mere protests are no solution … there is a need for a permanent solution to this issue,”

tribune Wednesday, August 10, 2016 4:50:00 AM EAT