Gharida Farooqi
Gharidah Farooqi (Urdu: غریدہ فاروقی is a Pakistani television host and anchorperson.
Gharidah Farooqi | |
|---|---|
| Born | Pakistani |
| Occupation | Anchorperson |
| Spouse(s) | Qazi |
Gharidah has worked with PTV Home, ATV (Pakistan), Dunya TV, Geo News, Samaa TV (in 2012)[1] and is currently (in 2017) a Senior Anchor Person at Express News. Gharidah Farooqi has hosted current affairs TV program "G for Gharidah" (جي فار غريده) since 2015.[2][3]
In September 2015, Farooqi interviewed Rana Sanaullah Khan, Law Minister in the provincial government of Punjab, Pakistan on her TV show G for Gharida.[2]
In June 2016, on her TV show G for Gharida, Farooqi interviewed Maryam Nawaz on the progress of her father former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif after he underwent an open heart surgery.[4] She took master's degree from Lahore. After marriage in karachi, shifted there,
Controversy
On July 25, 2017, Lahore police recovered a fifteen year old maid from the home of Farooqi, where she was kept in illegal detention and was tortured.[5][6][7] On August 23, 2017, Farooqi reached a settlement with the mother of the maid.[8]
References
- Gharida Farooqi left Geo News, joins Samaa TV in 2012, Retrieved 20 July 2017
- Gharida Farooqi interviews Punjab Law Minister on her TV show G for Gharida, The Express Tribune newspaper, Published 11 September 2015, Retrieved 20 July 2017
- Profile of Gharida Farooqi on awaztoday.pk website, Retrieved 20 July 2017
- TV host Gharida Farooqi interviews the Prime Minister's daughter Maryam Nawaz on her TV show, The Express Tribune newspaper, Published 3 June 2016, Retrieved 20 July 2017
- Child maid tortured in anchor Gharida Farooqi’s house
- Teen maid torture case: Gharidah Farooqi’s show suspended
- Prominent TV Anchor Gharida Farooqi in serious trouble
- Gharida Farooqi reaches settlement with woman who accused her of illegally detaining her daughter