Meher Bukhari (Urdu: مہر بخاری), is Pakistan’s leading female journalist, television anchorperson and host. After a high-profile stint at Dunya News in 2012 and Dawn News (2013), Bokhari is currently associated with ARY News since May 2023.[1]
Meher Bukhari | |
|---|---|
| Born | 29 February 1984 |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Other names | Meher Bukhari after her marriage to journalist Kashif Abbasi in 2011 |
| Occupation(s) | TV News anchor, Journalist |
| Employer(s) | Dunya News (2012, 2024-present) Hum News (2021) ARY News (2023-2024) |
| Known for | Known for her bold and focused style of questioning as a journalist |
| Spouse | Kashif Abbasi |
Early education and career
editMeher Bukhari started her career as a journalist and a host on TV news programs for SAMAA TV.[2][1] Meher Bukhari married ARY News talk show anchorperson Kashif Abbasi.[1][3]
She had a stint with Dunya News after departing from Dunya News, she joined Dawn News in 2013 as a talkshow anchorperson where she hosted her show NewsEye.[2][4] In February 2021, she left Dawn News and joined Hum News.[5] Bukhari was born in 1984 and during her early years, raised in Pakistan. She went abroad in pursuit of higher education, but later returned to pursue her professional career in Pakistan.[1]
Scandals
edit2012 Interview Scandal
editOn 13 June 2012, Bukhari and co-host Mubashir Lucman on Dunya News, interviewed Malik Riaz, Pakistani property tycoon and owner of the Bahria Town Group, who had made a string of corruption accusations against Arsalan Iftikhar, son of the then Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. One day after the interview aired, a recording of supposedly off-air conversations between Bukhari, Lucman, and Riaz during scheduled breaks of the interview surfaced on YouTube. The nature of the conversation and comments gave credence to the assertion that the entire interview was staged to benefit Malik Riaz by asking guided questions to give Riaz the opportunity to malign the then Chief Justice.[6][7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d "Meher Abbasi (also known as Meher Bukhari before her marriage to Kashif Abbasi) - Profile". PakistanHerald.com website. Archived from the original on 29 January 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ^ a b "Meher Bokhari set to join DawnNews: Report". The Express Tribune newspaper. 21 January 2013. Archived from the original on 25 August 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ^ "Meher Bukhari profile". Urduwire.com website. Archived from the original on 27 October 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ^ "Not as close to Imran as I was but still his friend, says Jahangir Tareen (to journalist Meher Bukhari)". Dawn newspaper. 6 April 2020. Archived from the original on 21 April 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ^ "نامور صحافی مہر بخاری ہم نیوز کا حصہ بن گئیں". Hum News (TV News channel) (in Urdu). 21 February 2021. Archived from the original on 18 May 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ^ Sheheryar Popalzai (14 June 2012). "Video leak: Lucman, Bokhari run 'planted show' with Malik Riaz (with journalists Meher Bukhari and Mubashir Lucman)". The Express Tribune newspaper. Archived from the original on 14 May 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ^ Mubashir Zaidi (17 March 2015). "Thou shalt not judge". Herald (Magazine) (Dawn Group of Newspapers). Archived from the original on 21 April 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
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