Ahmad Noorani

Ahmad Noorani (; born 1981) is a Pakistani investigative journalist based in the United States. He is the founder of Fact Focus. He formerly worked at The News International in Islamabad from 2007 to 2019, where he reported on issues such as alleged tax evasion by the family of Imran Khan, government corruption, real estate scandals, and other sensitive topics.

Early life and education Noorani was born in 1981 in Pakistan.

Career Noorani began his career at The News International in 2007. Noorani has faced threats and harassment during his work, including physical assaults by unidentified individuals demanding that he halt coverage of the military. Noorani was hospitalized after losing consciousness from the attack. in 2020, an online platform for data-driven investigative journalism.

In November 2021, Noorani uploaded an audio clip attributed to a former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, Saqib Nisar, in which he was talking with other unknown people about putting pressure on the sentences of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz.

On 29 July 2024, Noorani published a major investigative report on Fact Focus exposing the operations of the "Blasphemy Business Group" (BBG), a syndicate accused of systematically entrapping young individuals through honey-trapping and fabricated evidence in blasphemy cases that carry the death penalty in Pakistan. Noorani was the first journalist to verify and declassify the Punjab Police Special Branch's confidential report titled "The Blasphemy Business," to public. He additionally provided detailed accounts of the group's alleged methods and key members, including lawyer Rao Abdul Raheem and Hassan Muavia (younger brother of religious scholar Hafiz Tahir Mahmood Ashrafi). Fact Focus continued its coverage into 2026, publishing follow-up reports that alleged collusion between members of the Blasphemy Business Group, officials in the FIA's Cyber Crimes Wing, and certain elements within the judiciary. These investigations drew significant attention to the misuse of blasphemy laws and contributed to public and institutional scrutiny of the cases.

On 17 March 2025, Noorani published a report alleging that relatives and close associates of Asim Munir had interfered in key government appointments, securing top positions despite lacking merit or performance. The next day, about 20 armed men who identified themselves as police raided Noorani's family home and forcibly took away his two brothers to an undisclosed location. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) described the abduction as likely an act of retaliation for Noorani's reporting, while the Committee to Protect Journalists said that Noorani and his family's court petition linked the brothers' disappearance to his report. RSF further reported that local police denied any involvement.

On 20 April 2025, journalist Umar Cheema claimed, citing senior police officers, that Noorani's brothers had been recovered from Katcha dacoits.

Personal life Noorani was married to Journalist Ambreen Fatima. They divorced in 2021.