He is associated with Jang Media Group and hosts an Urdu talkshow on Geo News, called Jirga.
Pakistani politics, foreign policy, Afghanistan and socio religious issues have all been discussed by him through his writings in more than one thousand columns.
Due to popular demand he again started the show but on PTV World, "Saleem Safi Kay Saath" in Urdu in 2005 from Islamabad, which he hosted till 2008.
He has conducted interviews of many national and international leaders and stakeholders in the region such as Nawaz Sharif, Pervez Musharraf, Asif Ali Zardari, Hamid Karzai, Fazal-ur-Rehman, Gulbadin Hikmatyar, Burhanuddin Rabbani, Abdullah Abdullah and other political, religious and jihadi leaders.
[1] He is often invited as a commentator on BBC News and Voice of America's Pashto language programs as an expert on Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.