Gharidah Farooqi ( ur, ) is a Pakistani

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and anchorperson who belongs to Sabzazar Lahore, Pakistan. Gharidah has worked with

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, ATV (Pakistan), Dunya TV, Geo News,

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(in 2012) 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. In September 2015, Farooqi interviewed Rana Sanaullah Khan, Law Minister in the provincial government of

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on her TV show ''G for Gharida''. In June 2016, on her TV show ''G for Gharida'', Farooqi interviewed

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on the progress of her father former

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after he underwent an open heart surgery. She took master's degree from Lahore.

Child abuse incident

On 25 July 2017,

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police recovered a fifteen year old maid from the home of Farooqi, where she was kept in illegal detention and was tortured. On 23 August 2017, Farooqi reached a settlement with the mother of the maid.

Leaked sextape

On 26 September 2021 sexually explicit videos were posted online that allegedly showed PMLN politician & spokesperson of

, Zubair Umar having sex with two women. While one remained unidentified, the other woman was speculated to be Gharida since the woman in the video was also wearing the same pajamas as Gharida did on her live TV show a few days before the leaks.

References

External links

Watch ''G for Gharida'' TV show on YouTube of 8 April 2017

Watch ''G for Gharida'' TV show of 15 July 2017
{{DEFAULTSORT:Farooqi, Gharida 1978 births Living people Pakistani television talk show hosts Pakistani women journalists Pakistani television newsreaders and news presenters Women television journalists Sex scandals Political sex scandals Violence against children Child abuse incidents and cases