WRITER

Hamid Mir

1966 - Today

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Hamid Mir (born 23 July 1966) is a Pakistani journalist, columnist and writer. Mir initially worked as a journalist with Pakistani newspapers. He has hosted the political talk show Capital Talk on Geo News intermittently since 2002. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hamid Mir has received more than 855,522 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Hamid Mir is the 6,835th most popular writer (down from 6,257th in 2019), the 145th most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 136th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Pakistani Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 860k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Hamid Mir ranks 6,835 out of 7,302. Before him are Bharati Mukherjee, Kofi Awoonor, David Ignatius, Robert Bridges, Anne Enright, and Jan van Steenbergen. After him are Seth Meyers, Elaine Showalter, Hugh MacDiarmid, John Mortimer, Robert C. Cooper, and Michael Arndt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Hamid Mir ranks 607. Before him are Andrei Olhovskiy, Jean-Luc Crétier, Albeiro Usuriaga, Ann Leckie, Vasili Kulkov, and Pieralberto Carrara. After him are Toshi Arai, Dainis Ozols, Kristiina Ojuland, Gao Hongbo, Mike O'Malley, and David X. Cohen.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Hamid Mir ranks 145 out of 217. Before him are Salma Agha (1956), Bina Rai (1931), Surinder Kaur (1929), Shah Mahmood Qureshi (1956), Shyama (1935), and Chetan Anand (1915). After him are Rehman Malik (1951), Chris Van Hollen (1959), Nasirul Mulk (1950), Abida Parveen (1954), Ashfaq Parvez Kayani (1952), and Robbie Brightwell (1939).

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Among WRITERS In Pakistan

Among writers born in Pakistan, Hamid Mir ranks 18. Before him are Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai (1690), Mulk Raj Anand (1905), Khushwant Singh (1915), Asma Barlas (1950), Bhisham Sahni (1915), and Parveen Shakir (1952). After him are Kamila Shamsie (1973), Mohsin Hamid (1971), Nadeem Aslam (1966), and Sabatina James (1982).

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