Saleem Sinai a nation's history. His life and his experiences in the novel are inseparable from the events taking place around him and so he truly becomes a child of history. A "Times of India" review calls Saleem the most loved of Rushdie's many characters despite, or perhaps because of, his being "the snot-nosed, cucumber-nosed know-all narrator of "Midnight’s Children", whose life swings between exultation and suffering, for he has been 'handcuffed to history', a coupling determined by his time of birth, midnight on August 15, 1947, when 'clock-hands joined palms in respectful greeting'". India's national newspaper "The Hindu" noted the success
Junaid Saleem Junaid Saleem Junaid Saleem () (born August 21, 1968) is a Pakistani Talk show host at Dunya News. He hosts Pakistani political comedy talk show "Hasb-e-Haal", with Sohail Ahmed (Azizi) and Few Guests. Junaid belongs to an Arain family. He is also the Chief Editor of the famous newspaper "Daily Insaf" He was born on August 21, 1968 in Okara, Pakistan. He is son of Doctor Muhammad Salim. His father built a welfare hospital in Okara naming "Free Hospital" near baldia office. Dr. Abdul Ghani was uncle of Junaid Salim. Salman Ghani (son of Dr. Abdul Ghani) a renowned journalist