Gharida Farooqi
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Gharidah Farooqi | |
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| Born | April 1, 1978[1] |
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| Occupation | Anchorperson |
| Years active | 2004-present |
| Awards | .png){kind=small} Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (2024) |
Gharidah Farooqi (Urdu: غریدہ فاروقی) is a Pakistani television host and anchorperson who was once part of Pakistan's biggest media group, Geo News.
She has worked with HEC Higher Education Commission as Office Secretary 2004–2009, PTV Home, ATV (Pakistan), Dunya TV, Geo News, and Samaa TV (2012).[2] She is currently (in 2017) a senior anchorperson at Express News. Farooqi has hosted the current affairs TV program G for Gharidah (جي فار غريده) since 2015.[3][4]
In September 2015, Farooqi interviewed Rana Sanaullah Khan, Law Minister in the provincial government of Punjab, Pakistan on G for Gharida.[3]
In June 2016, on G for Gharida, Farooqi interviewed Maryam Nawaz on the progress of her father, the former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, after he underwent open heart surgery.[5]
Farooqi earned a master's degree in International Relations from WISH Institute Islamabad.[citation needed]
Child abuse incident
[edit]On 25 July 2017, Lahore police recovered a fifteen year old maid from Farooqi's home, where she had been kept in illegal detention and tortured.[6][7][8] On 23 August 2017, Farooqi reached a settlement with the maid's mother.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Gharida Farooqi Journalist, Anchor, News Caster Age, Family, Pics & Education". Hamariweb.com Profiles. Archived from the original on 19 October 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
- ^ "Gharida Farooqi left Geo News, joins Samaa TV in 2012". 15 September 2012. Archived from the original on 15 November 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
- ^ a b "Gharida Farooqi interviews Punjab Law Minister on her TV show G for Gashti". The Express Tribune. 11 September 2015. Archived from the original on 15 November 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
- ^ "Profile of Gharida Farooqi". Archived from the original on 20 July 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
- ^ "TV host Gharida Farooqi interviews the Prime Minister's daughter Maryam Nawaz on her TV show". The Express Tribune. 3 June 2016. Archived from the original on 14 November 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
- ^ "Child maid tortured in anchor Gharida Farooqi's house". www.dardistantimes.com. Lahore. 6 August 2017. Archived from the original on 6 August 2017.
- ^ Rehman, Dawood (25 July 2017). "Teen maid torture case: Gharidah Farooqi's show suspended". Daily Pakistan Global. Archived from the original on 26 September 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
- ^ "Prominent TV Anchor Gharida Farooqi in serious trouble". Times of Islamabad. 25 July 2017.
- ^ Khan, Abid (23 August 2017). "Gharida Farooqi reaches settlement with woman who accused her of illegally detaining her daughter". ARY NEWS. Archived from the original on 11 May 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2022.