Peshawar: Senior Pakistani journalist Saleem Safi has confessed that he participated in Afghan Jihad after completing his matriculation examination.
Talking to Waseem Badami at ARY news show “11th hour”, Safi said that when he completed his matriculation examination he joined afghan Jihad during former dictator Zia-ul-Haq’s era.
“At that time I was unaware that establishment was supporting the afghan jihad in the same as today the children don’t know” he added.
It is pertinent to mention here that Awami National party (ANP) leader Shahi Syed and Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) Ameer Munawar Hasan was also present during the show.
The show’s panel was discussing the election scenario in Pakistan and attacks on political parties before the polls.
Saleem Safi is a senior journalist in Pakistan and hosts a program ‘Jirga’ at Geo News.
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