Mir was posthumously awarded Pakistan's highest civil award Hilal-e-Imtiaz (the Crescent of Excellence) on 23 March 2013 in recognition of his meritorious services in the field of journalism and for furthering the cause of democracy through his writings. The Government of Bangladesh also decorated him with the country's second highest prestigious award for foreigners, the Friends of Liberation War Honour in 2013 for writing meticulously and fearlessly against the Pakistani military action in 1971 against the civilian population of the then East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).