Being a journalist

Off-work writings of Bilal Farooqi, a Karachi-based journalist.

Tuesday, 20 May 2014

Just a pawn in a dirty game

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First let me make this clear that my affiliation with the Jang Group has nothing to do with my following views. Over the years, I hav...
Monday, 29 August 2011

Thoroughly enjoyed ‘Lethal Weapon 5’

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Dr Zulfiqar Mirza might not have the looks to match Mel Gibson, but he was as impulsive, fearless and defiant during his press conference at...
Tuesday, 19 July 2011

The MQM pulls off a jenny

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The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has returned to President Asif Ali Zardari’s pack… or perhaps it never really left. As the saying in Pun...
Monday, 18 July 2011

The odd world of Rehman Malik

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It’s never surprising when the man with a bag full of vibrantly coloured ties, rigid curly hair and beady eyes, the one and only Interior Mi...
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Friday, 17 June 2011

Where have the ‘I Love Pakistan Army’ stickers gone?

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It’s pretty rare these days to see one of those ‘I Love Pakistan Army’, ‘We Are Proud Of Our Armed Forces’ and ‘Pakistan Army Zindabad ’ sti...
Saturday, 11 June 2011

Motto of Pakistan Rangers (Sindh) ‘Respect All’… that’s not what the camera captured

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There is a page on the Pakistan Army’s official website www.pakistanarmy.gov.pk containing general information about the Pakistan Rangers (...
Sunday, 5 June 2011

Ilyas Kashmiri - the epitome of malice

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The militant group Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (HuJI) has confirmed that its leader and commander of al Qaeda’s operational wing 313 Brigade,...
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Bilal Farooqi
I am a journalist with over 20 years of experience. I have been previously associated with The Express Tribune as its news editor, Tribune 24/7, The News International, Daily Times, Samaa TV and The Regional Times of Sindh. ICFJ Fellow Henry Luce Covering Religion Worldwide 2014. I was booked and arrested in December 2020 over my so-called "defamatory" social media posts against the military.
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