![]() In 2021, a blanket ban was imposed on me (again) in electronic and print media after I gave a speech against the attacks on our colleagues. ![]() I criticised him when his government allowed the trial of civilians in military courts under the Pakistan Army Act. The media regulator under Khan’s watch also banned former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s speeches from being aired on Pakistani media. The next year, an interview I had conducted with former president Asif Ali Zardari was pulled from the air. When I survived an assassination attempt in 2014, Khan told the media: “Hamid Mir is my favourite TV anchor.” Then, in 2018, he became prime minister. ![]() He used to participate in my roadside shows and aggressively criticised the anti-media policies of a military dictator. When I was banned from broadcasting my talkshow in 2007 by the Musharraf regime, Khan stood by me. Once upon a time I was one of Khan’s favourite journalists (despite the fact that I advised him in 1995 not to go into politics). ![]()
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