What was your first job as a journalist?
Reporter at a Peshawar based English magazine named DIPLOMAT in 1993.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
No
How is social media changing news?
Bringing attention span shorter and shorter.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Katherine Graham
What does it mean to be a journalist?
Struggling for peace journalism
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
Not remember
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Data, Analysis,
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Chat GPT, Editing of Picture. Right to Information Laws
What's your favorite social network?
X , Whatsapp
Who do you wish followed you?
Informed and empowered Citizens
Why did you become a journalist?
To promote peace journalism and protect rights of citizens
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Editor of College Magazine Punjabi Section
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
Climate Change, Governance, Archeology, Art and Culture
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Dig out facts
When's the best time to pitch you?
Afternoon
What's the best pitch you ever got?
Harrapa Archeological Site
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
Didn't remember
What's your favorite drink?
Italian Red Wine
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Athletic Track, Watching Movies, Traveling
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Washington Post, Aljazeera
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
Surprise others by meeting deadlines
