Gharida Farooqi

Gharidah Farooqi
Born (1978-04-01) April 1, 1978 (age 46)
Multan, Punjab, Pakistan
Nationality
  • Saudi
  • Pakistani
OccupationTV Anchorperson
Years active2004 - present

Gharidah Farooqi (Urdu: غریدہ فاروقی) is a Pakistani television host and anchorperson who was once part of Pakistan's biggest media group, Geo News.

Early life and career

Gharida Farooqi was born in Multan, Pakistan. She received her master's degree in International Relations from Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan.

Gharida Farooqi started her career with PTV News as a newscaster and worked there from 2005 to 2007. She moved to Dunya News in 2007 for a short time. Later in 2008, she started working for Geo News and worked there until 2012.

In September 2015, Gharida Farooqi interviewed Rana Sanaullah Khan, Law Minister in the provincial government of Punjab, Pakistan on her TV show G for Gharida.

As recent as 2024, 'Coalition For Women In Journalism', a New York-based non-profit organization, published an article showing a 'Timeline of Events' from 2016 to 2024 about organized harassment campaigns against Gharida Farooqi showing how journalists become victims of cross-fire among rival political parties in Pakistan.

Child abuse incident settlement

On 25 July 2017, Lahore police recovered a fifteen year old maid from Farooqi's home, where she had been allegedly kept in illegal detention and tortured.

On 23 August 2017, Farooqi reached a settlement with the maid's mother. Gharida Farooqi was never convicted in a court of law in Pakistan of any alleged abuse of the child worker. The child worker's mother, Nasima reportedly stated later that 'she is now not pursuing the case against the anchorperson'.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Gharida Farooqi profile". Woman.com website. Archived from the original on 6 March 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  2. ^ Nadir Guramani (19 October 2022). "Imran's remarks on journalist Gharida Farooqi invite scorn". Dawn newspaper. Archived from the original on 19 October 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  3. ^ Arshad Shaheen (11 September 2015). "Medialogic rating case: Whoever did wrong should face legal action, says Sanaullah (Gharida Farooqi interviews Punjab Law Minister on her TV show G for Gharida)". The Express Tribune newspaper. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  4. ^ "Gharida Farooqi: Organized Harassment Campaigns - Timeline of Events". Coalition For Women In Journalism website. Archived from the original on 31 May 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
  5. ^ Rehman, Dawood (25 July 2017). "Teen maid torture case: Gharidah Farooqi's show suspended". Daily Pakistan Global newspaper. Archived from the original on 26 September 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  6. ^ a b Khan, Abid (23 August 2017). "Gharida Farooqi reaches settlement with woman who accused her of illegally detaining her daughter". ARY TV NEWS. Archived from the original on 11 May 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2025.

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