Hamid Mir is a prominent Pakistani journalist who specializes in investigative reporting in Pakistan and abroad. He is best known internationally as the sole journalist to have interviewed Osama Bin Laden, both before as well as once shortly after the 9/11 attacks. Mir has exposed various corruption scandals and has put major political figures, including Pervez Musharraf, Condoleeza Rice, and Hamid Karzai, on the hot seat on Geo TV, Pakistan’s most popular TV station. He has been called by his critics the media face of the Taliban, a CIA agent, an Indian Agent and more.
Hamid Mir will talk about the precarious state of the Pakistani government, the effectiveness of US foreign policy in the region, and what itÌ¢âÂã¢s like to be an investigative journalist in one of the most turbulent regions in the world.