Hamid Mir Quotes


I have a question for those who attacked her! . . . The question is whether you think that after shooting an unarmed and innocent school-going girl you have the right to call yourself a Muslim?


Context

Malala Yousafzai was then a 14 year old girl who had publicly advocated education for girls like her for which she was shot in the head and almost killed. She lived and continued her public advocacy of girl's education and won the Nobel Peace Prize. Mir was one of the few public personalities in Pakistan who spoke out against the morality of the shooting. Afterwards he himself was shot and also survived and continued to appear on TV though he had to live a very surreptitious life always accompanied by bodyguards to protect him from the hundreds of death threats.


Citations

Hamid Mir, Pakistani TV Journalist, Statement on Pakistani TV just after Malala Yousafzai had been shot by Islamic Fundamentalists, 2012, Quoted in The Washington Post, July 26, 2015

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Hamid Mir
Hamid Mir
  • Born: July 23, 1966
  • Nationality: Pakistani
  • Profession: Journalist

Hamid Mir is a Pakistani journalist, columnist and an author. Born in Lahore to a journalistic family, Mir initially worked as a journalist with Pakistani newspapers. Later, through the help of several political figures, most importantly PML-N gained popularity. He currently hosts the political talk show Capital Talk on Geo News. He writes columns for Urdu as well as English newspapers, both national and international.