I did not start Buzz Capitol because I wanted another website on the internet. I started it because I wanted an independent place where news could be reported on its own terms. Buzz Capitol launched in 2026, and I serve as its Founder, CEO and Editor-in-Chief. That title sounds formal. Most days, it means I am the person who reads, checks, edits, and decides what goes out — and who takes responsibility when something needs correcting.
My day usually starts before the news cycle does. I am based in Abbottabad, Pakistan, and I work from here, which already shapes how I see the world. A story that looks small from far away can matter a great deal to the people living it. Part of my job is to keep that perspective in the room when we choose what to cover.
The first thing I do is read. Not just headlines, but full stories, and not just from one side of any issue. Independent media only works if it resists the easy version of a story. When a claim is doing the rounds online, I ask the same questions I would ask of my own work: where did this come from, what is actually known, and what is still unclear? If we cannot answer those questions honestly, we say so, or we do not publish it yet. Speed matters in news, but trust lasts longer than a single fast post.
Editing is the quiet part of the job, and it is the part I care about most. A headline can change how a whole story is understood, so I treat headlines as decisions, not decoration. I cut words that exaggerate, I remove claims we have not verified, and I keep the language plain. Readers should be able to tell what happened, what is opinion, and what we do not yet know. That clarity is the whole point of an independent platform.
Running Buzz Capitol also means running the unglamorous side of a media project. There are publishing schedules to keep, pages to check, and small technical problems that only show up when you are about to publish. I have learned to treat those problems as part of the editorial job, not as a distraction from it. If a page does not load properly or a story is hard to read, the reader's experience is the story — and it is a bad one. So I fix it, test it, and move on.
What keeps me going is not the volume of content. It is the idea that a reader somewhere will find a story reported carefully and feel better informed for it. I have spent years building an audience across platforms — I run more than 15 YouTube channels, and I have over 10 million followers across Instagram, TikTok and other platforms — but Buzz Capitol is different. It is not built around one personality or one viral format. It is built around a standard: report independently, explain clearly, and correct openly when we get something wrong.
I also think about the next generation of creators and readers in Pakistan. That is why, alongside Buzz Capitol, I chair Digi Skill Pro Academy, where our online earning classes are 100 percent free. In 2025 we had more than 10,000 students, and more than 5,000 were reported as successful. I mention that here because it shapes how I run Buzz Capitol too: I believe access to knowledge should not depend on what you can pay. A young person in Abbottabad, or anywhere else in Pakistan, should be able to learn, to create, and to be heard without waiting for permission.
By the end of the day, I review what we published and what we did not. Some stories were worth the wait. Some drafts are still sitting there because they are not ready, and that is fine — an unpublished draft is better than a published mistake. I note what to follow up tomorrow, what needs a correction or an update, and what deserves a deeper look. Then I stop. Rest is part of the work too, even if it is the part I am worst at.
If there is one lesson from running Buzz Capitol, it is this: independence is a daily practice, not a slogan. It is in the headline you choose not to exaggerate, the claim you choose not to repeat, and the correction you choose not to hide. I am 23, I am still learning, and Buzz Capitol is still young. But I would rather build it slowly and honestly than quickly and loudly. The headlines will keep coming. My job is to make sure the work behind them is worth a reader's trust.
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