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Past Assassination Attempts, currently facing accusations of sedition. Is the pakistani state out to silence independent journalists . Hamid mir, in islamabad, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, stephen sackur, for inviting me on your show. Well, its a pleasure to have you on this show. Clearly, you can talk to me in london from pakistan, but it seems you cannot speak to your own Tv Audience inside your own country. Your show is currently banned, and indeed, your Newspaper Column seems to have been suspended too. Why is that . Yes, i am banned on my Tv Channel and i cannot write my regular column in my newspaper. This is not the first time. When Pervez Musharraf was in power, he also banned me on tv. But you see, he was a military dictator. He only banned me on tv. He never banned me on newspaper. Now mr Imran Khan is the Prime Minister of pakistan, and unfortunately, i am not only on tv, but i am also banned to write a column in my newspaper. So it is democracy in pakistan, but there is
HeadlinesBbc-newsNews-storiesNews-newsdayTopPakistanJournalistsPeoplePowerQuestionsHardtalkBacksIts seven in the morning in singapore, and 3 30 in the morning in afghanistan where the taliban are gaining ground at shocking speed. Three northern afghan cities appear to have largely fallen to the islamist militants within hours of each other. The biggest is kunduz, a city of more than a quarter of a million. The provincial capitals sar E Pul and Talo Qan are also largely in militant hands; in the latter theyve been freeing prisoners. This adds to zaranj and sheberghan captured On Friday and saturday. Government forces in kunduz appear only to hold their own base and the airport, though the Interior Ministry Spokesman insists theyre already retaking strategic sites and will drive the insurgents out. Our correspondent Paul Adams has more. Fire and confusion in the centre of kunduz. Taliban pictures appear to show yet another city falling under their control. This is their biggest prize so far a large city, economically and strategically important, and it seems to have fallen easily.
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