Ahmad Noorani Explained

Ahmad Noorani
Birth Place:	Pakistan
Occupation:	Investigative journalist
Years Active:	2007–present
Known For:	Exposing corruption
Notable Works:	Report on assets of Lt. General Asim Bajwa's family, releasing an audio clip attributed to former Chief Justice Saqib Nisar
Organization:	Fact Focus (co-founder)

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

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

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]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pakistani Journalist Faces Death Threats After Exposing General’s Wealth. www.occrp.org.
2. Web site: Alfred Friendly Press Partners.
3. Web site: Pakistani journalists receive death threats after reporting called 'fake news' in TV program. September 2020.
4. Web site: اندازہ تھا کہ اس رپورٹ پر شدید ردِ عمل آئے گا: احمد نورانی. 28 August 2020.
5. Web site: Bajwa family business empire grew in four countries in sync with Asim Bajwa’s rise in military. August 27, 2020.
6. Web site: Saqib Nisar's audio file: 'US firm confident of tape's integrity'. www.thenews.com.pk.
7. Web site: Saqib Nisar CJ ordered Nawaz jailed as “institutions” wanted Imran in power. November 21, 2021.
8. Web site: Journalist Ahmad Noorani attacked in Islamabad.
9. Web site: 'The News' journalist Ahmad Noorani beaten up in Islamabad. 27 October 2017.
10. Web site: Outspoken Pakistani Journalist Ahmad Noorani Attacked. NDTV.com.
11. Web site: Wife of journalist Ahmad Noorani attacked in Lahore. 25 November 2021.
12. Web site: Journalist Ahmad Noorani’s wife attacked in Lahore. November 25, 2021. The Express Tribune.