Gharida Farooqi Explained

Gharidah Farooqi
Honorific Suffix:TI
Birth Date:1 April 1978
Birth Place:Multan, Punjab, Pakistan
Occupation:Anchorperson
Years Active:2004-present
Awards: Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (2024)

Gharidah Farooqi (ur|{{Nastaliq|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). 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.

Farooqi earned a master's degree in International Relations from WISH Institute Islamabad.

Child abuse incident

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.[1] [2] [3] On 23 August 2017, Farooqi reached a settlement with the maid's mother.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Child maid tortured in anchor Gharida Farooqi's house . www.dardistantimes.com . en . 6 August 2017 . Lahore . dead . 6 August 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170806191036/http://www.dardistantimes.com/news/pakistan/1741/child-maid-tortured-anchor-gharida-farooqi%E2%80%99s-house.
  2. Web site: Dawood . Rehman . Teen maid torture case: Gharidah Farooqi's show suspended . 25 July 2017 . Daily Pakistan Global . 26 September 2018 . 26 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180926210852/https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/pakistan/teen-maid-torture-case-gharidah-farooqis-show-suspended/ . live .
  3. Web site: Prominent TV Anchor Gharida Farooqi in serious trouble . 25 July 2017 . Times of Islamabad.
  4. Web site: Gharida Farooqi reaches settlement with woman who accused her of illegally detaining her daughter . Abid . Khan . 23 August 2017 . ARY NEWS . 19 October 2022 . 11 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220511133710/https://arynews.tv/gharida-farooqi-maid-scandal/ . live .