Ahmad Noorani
Ahmad Noorani | |
|---|---|
| Born | Pakistan |
| Occupation | Investigative journalist |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Organization | Fact Focus (co-founder) |
| Known for | Exposing corruption |
| Notable work | Report on assets of Lt. General Asim Bajwa's family, releasing an audio clip attributed to former Chief Justice Saqib Nisar |
Ahmad Noorani (Urdu: احمد نورانی) is a Pakistani-born investigative journalist based in the United States.[1] He is the co-founder of Fact Focus.[2][3] Noorani started his career in 2007.[4]
Notable work
[edit]In August 2020 he issued a report on the assets of Lt. General Asim Bajwa's family.[5] In November 2021 he uploaded an audio clip attributed to former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Saqib Nisar in which he was talking with other unknown people about putting pressure on the sentences of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz.[6][7]
Assassination attempts
[edit]In October 2017, Noorani was attacked near the Zero Point in Islamabad, armed men on motorcycles forcibly stopped his vehicle and then pulled him out of the vehicle and tortured him.[8][9][10]
In November 2021 Noorani's wife, Umbreen Fatima's car was attacked by an unidentified assailant who escaped near her home in Lahore, threatening to kill her.[11][12]
References
[edit]- ^ "Pakistani Journalist Faces Death Threats After Exposing General's Wealth". www.occrp.org.
- ^ "Alfred Friendly Press Partners".
- ^ "Pakistani journalists receive death threats after reporting called 'fake news' in TV program". September 2020.
- ^ "اندازہ تھا کہ اس رپورٹ پر شدید ردِ عمل آئے گا: احمد نورانی". 28 August 2020.
- ^ "Bajwa family business empire grew in four countries in sync with Asim Bajwa's rise in military". August 27, 2020.
- ^ "Saqib Nisar's audio file: 'US firm confident of tape's integrity'". www.thenews.com.pk.
- ^ "Saqib Nisar CJ ordered Nawaz jailed as "institutions" wanted Imran in power". November 21, 2021.
- ^ "Journalist Ahmad Noorani attacked in Islamabad".
- ^ "'The News' journalist Ahmad Noorani beaten up in Islamabad". 27 October 2017.
- ^ "Outspoken Pakistani Journalist Ahmad Noorani Attacked". NDTV.com.
- ^ "Wife of journalist Ahmad Noorani attacked in Lahore". 25 November 2021.
- ^ "Journalist Ahmad Noorani's wife attacked in Lahore". The Express Tribune. November 25, 2021.