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. 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. Hamid Mir treated Pakistani Information Minister very roughly in his show on the US drone attacks. The US Ambassador in Pakistan wrote a letter to the Geo TV management in September 2009 complaining about Mir on incorrect reporting. In 2016, Islamabad High Court dismissed a plea for including blasphemy charge brought against Mir. Views on Hamas 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. Books His publications include: 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. See also List of Pakistani journalists References External links Hamid Mir on Instagram 1966 births Living people 21st-century Urdu-language writers Central Model School, Lahore alumni Defence and security analysts in Pakistan Geo News newsreaders and journalists Government College University, Lahore alumni Journalists from Lahore Pakistani male journalists Pakistani people of Kashmiri descent Pakistani television talk show hosts Pakistani war correspondents People from Islamabad People from Sialkot Punjabi people University of the Punjab alumni Urdu-language journalists Urdu-language columnists