A regular commentator on rediff.com, Mir has in a career spanning 20 years interviewed many Pakistani and world leaders, including Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf and Opposition leaders Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto.

The executive editor of Geo TV, Islamabad, Mir is also the last journalist to have interviewed Osama bin Laden.

Complete coverage: Pakistan is crisis

In a prescient article he wrote on rediff.com, Mir asked whether Pakistan is getting ready for martial law. Weeks later, the Pakistan president proved him right, imposing emergency on November 2.

What were Musharraf's compulsions in resorting to this extreme measure? Can he be held to his word on holding elections and restoring democracy? Are Pakistan's nuclear weapons in danger of falling into extremists' hands? What are the ramifications of Pakistan's turmoil for India?

To find out the answers to these and other questions, join journalist Hamid Mir on the Rediff Chat, on Monday, November 19, 2007, at 6 pm IST!

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