User:Kh Kashif Mir

'''Journalist/Writer/Political Political analyst '''

Kh Kashif Mir is a Pakistani investigative journalist, focusing on exposing public sector corruption and humanitarian issues. Hundreds of investigative stories on significant society topics, such as politics, elections, shelling along the ceasefire line, the judiciary, tourism, minerals, the environment, and corruption, have already been published in print and online newspapers and news portals and broadcast on private television channels.

The most memorable and challenging coverage was of the damages to civilian lives and properties along the Pakistan-administered side of the ceasefire line for Dunya News. Most of his significant breaking stories on TV have generated debates and discussions both at national and international forums. He was nominated for the National Human Rights Award in 2015. For the past few years, he has participated in debates as an analyst on Indian news channels.

Kashif Mir belongs to Rawalakot, a famous town in Pakistan administered by Kashmir. For the past 12 years, he has worked in Pakistan's media industry. For the past five years, he has been associated with State Views Media Group as a managing editor in the federal capital, Islamabad for last 4 years. The experience to carry out this task was achieved at Dunya News Network, where, as a senior staff reporter, during field reporting, he highlighted national and regional issues, introduced tourist spots, and gave priority to basic human rights in his reports.

In the year 2015, the issue of capital punishment for Shafqat Hussain, belonging to a remote underprivileged village in the Neelum valley of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, was discussed in the international media and in the National Assembly of Pakistan for several months. Shafqat Hussain was residing in Karachi and was convicted of murder and sentenced to death. Before his execution, a few journalists—he being among them—brought to light his birth certificate and other documents to establish that he was a juvenile at the time of the commission of the alleged offence and hence could not be sent to the gallows under the prevailing Pakistani laws. The President of Pakistan had postponed his execution due to media reports.

Kashif Mir has already endured many obstacles and difficulties as a result of his work. He faced many problems as a result of reporting on the discovery of precious minerals in the disputed Jammu and Kashmir region between Pakistan and India. He faced sanctions for publishing in a newspaper a survey report by an organization containing the views of the people of the disputed Jammu and Kashmir. The regional newspaper of which he was the editor was closed by the government after the publication of the survey. The office of the newspaper was sealed, and Kashif Mir also had to give up the job at the TV channel. He is currently writing for The Global Ratings, Stateviews.pk, Hamariweb.com, and many more.

Kashif Mir is also active in journalistic politics in Pakistan, he is member of Rawalpindi Islamabad union of journalist, Kh Kashif Mir is one of the founders member of digital media in the country. Kh Kashif Mir has been appointed as the Chairman of Digital Committee in National Press Club Islamabad from the beginning of 2021.

Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Prime Minister Sardar Tanveer Ilyas appointed journalist and analyst Kh Kashif Mir as his press secretary in April 2023. As a press secretary, he performed his duties well.

Kashif Mir was born in Rawalakot, AJK, and grew up in Islamabad, Pakistan. Kashif Mir holds a master's degree in journalism in 2009. Kashif Mir has been a cricket player in the past and team captain of the famous cricket club of Rawalakot "Sabir Shaheed Young Sports" in 2006 to 2010.

In 2016 he married with PhD Dr Ruqia Shaheen, He resides in G-7 sector of Islamabad with his wife and parents, Kashif Mir and Ruqia has one children Musa Mir.

References: Award : https://timesofislamabad.com/10-Dec-2016/5-journalists-nominated-for-national-human-rights-award-2016

https://www.app.com.pk/national/5-journalists-nominated-for-national-human-rights-award-2016/

https://hamariweb.com/articles/writerpage.aspx?id=45

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