Gharida Farooqi

Gharidah Farooqi
TI
Born (1978-04-01) April 1, 1978 (age 46)
Multan, Punjab, Pakistan
Nationality
  • Saudi
  • Pakistani
OccupationAnchorperson
Years active2004-present
Awards 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). 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.[citation needed]

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]

References

  1. ^ "Child maid tortured in anchor Gharida Farooqi's house". www.dardistantimes.com. Lahore. 6 August 2017. Archived from the original on 6 August 2017.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Prominent TV Anchor Gharida Farooqi in serious trouble". Times of Islamabad. 25 July 2017.
  4. ^ 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.