By Irum Saleem
Here you go. Finally banned anchor Hamid Mir spoke his mind and told the world which it already knows. “Democracy in Pakistan is in name and Prime Minister Imran Khan is a helpless premier,” Mir told BBC Hard Talk. Do we not know about this or do we?
But anyways since his interview Mir is taken to cleaners by most social media users as it was one of the top trends on Twitter on Tuesday.
“Journalism is a very honorable field but some people try to use this as a power politics tool. Hamid Mir thought he would never be sacked, but his bias had become so obvious that his channel was glad to find an opportunity to sack him. Bitter ex is the best way to describe him,” says Jibran Ilyas. He further said: “You program was one sided because you didn’t challenge him on any proofs, you let him make accusations .. fair enough, your program, your rules … but this was #SoftTalk, very little substances and you could totally see the case of a disgruntled employee”.
Activist Ammar Jan said: “Mohsin Dawar’s CNIC blocked. Hamid Mir banned from TV. Journalists/students abducted in broad daylight. Professors fired from jobs. Death threats against Afrasiab Khattak & Farhat Ullah Babar. Dissent is viewed as treason in Naya Pakistan. We are heading towards one-party state.”
Hamid Mir responded to tweets and said: “Imran Khan gifted me his autobiography with his autograph. Imran Khan himself wrote about the role of the military establishment and the role of the ISI in his autobiography in very clear words he wrote “no politician can defeat establishment “
Ijaz Chaudhry said: “Hamid Mir is not banned in Pakistan but was kicked out by his own channel Geo due to his low rating which was disliked by the people for his Unnecessary obligations and statements against the Pakistan Army and state institutions. Then later he apologized.”
“There is democracy in Pakistan but there is no democracy. There is a constitution in Pakistan but there is no constitution. And I am a living example of censorship in Pakistan” https://t.co/xlGw0w9Ua5
— Hamid Mir (@HamidMirPAK) August 10, 2021
Imran Khan ‘helpless’ PM, says banned Pak journalist; underlines growing ‘climate of fear’ for scribes https://t.co/FxJIHd3vYn
— Sameep Shastri 🇮🇳 (@sameepshastri) August 10, 2021
Journalism is a very honorable field but some people try to use this as a power politics tool. Hamid Mir thought he would never be sacked, but his bias had become so obvious that his channel was glad to find an opportunity to sack him. Bitter ex is the best way to describe him.
— Jibran Ilyas (@agentjay2009) August 10, 2021
Your research was poor cuz you didn’t challenge him on his narrative of Nawaz Sharif’s return from London. He said he would make the most noise if Nawaz doesn’t return. Where is that noise? You should have asked how his program got mocked on #HardTalkNotCapitalTalk hashtag
— Jibran Ilyas (@agentjay2009) August 10, 2021
Your research was poor because you didn’t ask him about Army chief embarrassing him in a meeting full of journalists regarding him knowing who fired shots on him. He gave you a spin of him naming intel chief of the time & him not showing up, poor counter, actually no counter by u
— Jibran Ilyas (@agentjay2009) August 10, 2021
Hamid Mir VS Hamid Mir
— Maleeha Hashmey (@MaleehaHashmey) August 10, 2021
🤣🤣🤣🤣
pic.twitter.com/2zbWTKx6zV
Hamid Mir showed the real status of Imran Khan to the world and also pointed out the real power. pic.twitter.com/wxZCQ6SflQ
— Mian Iftikhar Husain (@MianIftikharHus) August 10, 2021
Hamid Mir is not banned in Pakistan but was kicked out by his own channel Geo due to his low rating which was disliked by the people for his Unnecessary obligations and statements against the Pakistan Army and state institutions. Then later he apologized. pic.twitter.com/X4laMHwApG
— Ijaz Choudhary 🇵🇰 (@IjazInsafian44) August 10, 2021
Wadda Hamid Mir… Always only "MIR" pic.twitter.com/2gdoqq543Y
— OnePage (@talwani) August 10, 2021
Hamid Mir is a confirmed Traitor and agent of CIA and RAW https://t.co/K6qkvl73ml
— Saif ur Rahman (@rsaif588) August 10, 2021
Mohsin Dawar's CNIC blocked. Hamid Mir banned from TV. Journalists/students abducted in broad daylight. Professors fired from jobs. Death threats against Afrasiab Khattak & Farhat Ullah Babar.
— Ammar Ali Jan (@ammaralijan) August 9, 2021
Dissent is viewed as treason in Naya Pakistan. We are heading towards one-party state.
Imran Khan gifted me his autobiography with his autograph. Imran Khan himself wrote about the role of the military establishment and the role of the ISI in his autobiography in very clear words he wrote “no politician can defeat establishment “ https://t.co/OzNj9BJhxv
— Hamid Mir (@HamidMirPAK) August 9, 2021
Is this wht they seninor journalist like hamid mir, mehar bukhari, najam sethi Called journalism, shame on u all https://t.co/AZdJ2ah0IX
— Syed Danish (@dannyjaf) August 7, 2021
Let’s see when Hamid Mir joins his family in the US. Remaining active on Twitter seems to be the only option for him at the moment. PAK DESTINY
