Meer-e-Karwan: Special Report on Professor Waris Mir. Mir was an Intellectual, Journalist and an Educationist known for his struggle to uphold the cause of democracy and press freedom through his writings during Zia-ul-Haq's military rule in Pakistan. He died in 1987 at the age of 48. br He was posthumously awarded Hilal-e-Imtiaz in 2013 in recognition of his services in the field of journalism and for furthering the cause of democracy through his writings.