[7] In 1995 Mir had a brief stint as a reporter for the Daily Record and Sunday Mail, then became a radio researcher.
[2] She presented a couple of editions of an Asian documentary strand for BBC Two called East[7] in 1996 and some items on Desi DNA.
In April 2006 she covered the weekday morning phone-in programme on BBC Asian Network for a fortnight between Sonia Deol leaving and Anita Rani becoming presenter.
On 27 September 2012 Mir announced on Twitter she was leaving BBC 5 Live after 11 years with the station.
On 29 October 2012 Mir presented an edition of BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour and for a while replaced Julia Hartley-Brewer on the LBC 97.3 afternoon programme.
[10] In November 2024 she announced she was to leave Times Radio Breakfast in two months and presented her last show on 30th January 2025.