Meher Abbasi ( ur, ), née Bokhari is a Pakistani television anchorperson and

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. After a high-profile stint at Dunya News and Dawn News, Bokhari is currently associated with

Hum News Hum News is one of Pakistan's 24-hour Urdu news channel. Based in Islamabad, the channel is a business unit of Hum Television Network (HNL), her Other sister channels belonging to Network are Hum TV, Hum Masala and Hum Sitaray. The transmi ...

since February 2021.

Early education and career

Bokhari started her career as a

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and a

on TV news programs for

SAMAA TV Samaa TV ( ur, سماء) is a Pakistani Urdu language news channel owned by Aleem Khan. It is the fourth-largest news channel in Pakistan with a market share of 7 percent. The word 'Samaa' ("سما") is Urdu for 'sky' or 'heaven'. It is broadcas ...

. She had a stint with

Dunya News Dunya News is a 24 hours Urdu language news and current affairs television channel from Pakistan. It is governed and operated by the National Communication Services (NCS) Pvt. Ltd. Its head office is situated at Lahore. Dunya News was founded an ...

after departing from Dunya News, she joined Dawn News in 2013 as a talkshow anchorperson where she hosted her show ''NewsEye''. In February 2021, she left

Dawn News Dawn News is one of Pakistan's 24-hour Urdu news channel. Based in Karachi, the station is a subsidiary of Pakistan Herald Publications Limited (PHPL), Pakistan's largest English-language media group. The test transmission of the station occu ...

and joined

. Bokhari was born in 1983 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.

Scandals

2012 Interview Scandal

On the 13th of June, 2012, Bokhari and co-host

Mubashir Lucman Mubasher Lucman is a Pakistani film director, anchorperson, columnist and former caretaker provincial minister in Punjab caretaker ministry in 2007–08. He was made caretaker Minister of Punjab for information technology, communications and work ...

on Dunya News, interviewed

Malik Riaz Malik Riaz Hussain (Urdu, pa, ; born February 8, 1954) is a Pakistani business tycoon who is the founder of Bahria Town, the largest privately held real estate development company in Pakistan and in Asia. Riaz started his career as a clerk w ...

, 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 Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry ( ur, ; born 12 December 1948) is a Pakistani jurist who served as the 20th Chief Justice of Pakistan over three non-consecutive terms from 29 June 2005 to 11 December 2013. Chaudhry began practice as an advocate ...

. One day after the interview aired, a recording of supposedly off-air conversations between Bokhari, 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.

References

Living people Pakistani women journalists Pakistani television talk show hosts 1984 births University of Waterloo alumni {{Pakistan-journalist-stub

Early education and career

Scandals

2012 Interview Scandal

See also

References