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{{Short description|Pakistani journalist}}
{{Use Pakistani English|date=September 2024}}
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{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name = Meher Abbasi
| name = Meher Bukhari
|other names = Meher Bukhari after her marriage to journalist [[Kashif Abbasi]] in 2011
| image =
| image =
| birth_date = 22 April 1983
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1984|2|29}}
| occupation = TV [[News anchor]], [[Journalist]]
| occupation = TV [[News anchor]], [[Journalist]]
| known_for =Known for her bold and focused style of questioning as a journalist
| nationality = [[Pakistani]]
| nationality = Pakistani
| spouse = [[Kashif Abbasi]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kashif Abbasi and Mehr Bokhari married now|work=Pakistan Today (newspaper)|url=https://archive.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/11/17/kashif-abbasi-and-mehr-bokhari-married-now/|access-date=2021-08-15|date=2011-11-18}}</ref>
| employer = [[Hum News]]}}
| spouse = [[Kashif Abbasi]]
| employer = [[Dunya News]] (2012, 2024-present)<br/>[[Dawn News]] (2016-2021)<br>/ [[Hum News]] (2021)<br/>[[ARY News]] (2023-2024)}}


'''Meher Abbasi''' ({{lang-ur|{{nq|مہر عباسی}}}}), née '''Bokhari'''({{Lang-ur|{{nq|بخاری}}}}) is a Pakistani television anchorperson and [[News presenter|host]]. After a high-profile stint at [[Dunya News]] and Dawn News, Bokhari is currently associated with [[Hum News]] since February 2021.
'''Meher Bukhari''' ({{langx|ur|{{nq|مہر بخاری}}}}), is Pakistan’s leading female journalist, television anchorperson and [[News presenter|host]]. After a high-profile stint at [[Dunya News]] in 2012 and [[Dawn News]] (2013), Bokhari is currently associated with [[ARY News]] since May 2023.<ref name=PakistanHerald/>


==Early education and career==
==Early education and career==
Bokhari started her career as a [[journalist]] and a [[News presenter|host]] on TV news programs for [[SAMAA TV]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|date=2013-01-21|title=Meher Bokhari set to join DawnNews: Report|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/496939/meher-bokhari-set-to-join-dawnnews-report|access-date=2021-08-15|work=The Express Tribune (newspaper)|language=en}}</ref> She had a stint with [[Dunya News]] after departing from Dunya News, she joined Dawn News in 2013 as a talkshow anchorperson where she hosted her show ''NewsEye''.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news|work=Dawn (newspaper)|date=2020-04-06|title=Not as close to Imran as I was but still his friend, says Jahangir Tareen|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1546962|access-date=2021-08-15|language=en}}</ref> In February 2021, she left [[Dawn News]] and joined [[Hum News]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-02-21|title=نامور صحافی مہر بخاری ہم نیوز کا حصہ بن گئیں|url=https://www.humnews.pk/latest/307597/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-15|work=Hum News|language=ur}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Meher Abbasi - Profile|url=http://www.pakistanherald.com/profile/meher-abbasi-1229|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-15|website=PakistanHerald.com}}</ref>
Meher Bukhari started her career as a [[journalist]] and a [[News presenter|host]] on TV news programs for [[SAMAA TV]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|date=2013-01-21|title=Meher Bokhari set to join DawnNews: Report|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/496939/meher-bokhari-set-to-join-dawnnews-report|access-date=2024-09-21|work=The Express Tribune newspaper|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140825214805/http://tribune.com.pk/story/496939/meher-bokhari-set-to-join-dawnnews-report/|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 August 2014}}</ref><ref name=PakistanHerald/> Meher Bukhari married [[ARY News]] talk show anchorperson [[Kashif Abbasi]].<ref name=PakistanHerald/><ref name=UrduWire>{{cite web|url=http://www.urduwire.com/people/Meher-Bukhari_177.aspx|archive-date=27 October 2012|title=Meher Bukhari profile|website=Urduwire.com website|url-status=dead|access-date=21 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121027022829/http://www.urduwire.com/people/Meher-Bukhari_177.aspx}}</ref>

She had a stint with [[Dunya News]] after departing from Dunya News, she joined Dawn News in 2013 as a talkshow anchorperson where she hosted her show ''NewsEye''.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=Dawn>{{Cite news|work=Dawn newspaper|date=2020-04-06|title=Not as close to Imran as I was but still his friend, says Jahangir Tareen (to journalist Meher Bukhari)|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1546962|access-date=2024-09-21|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421120945/https://www.dawn.com/news/1546962|archive-date=21 April 2023|url-status=dead}}</ref> In February 2021, she left [[Dawn News]] and joined [[Hum News]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-02-21|title=نامور صحافی مہر بخاری ہم نیوز کا حصہ بن گئیں|url=https://www.humnews.pk/latest/307597/|access-date=2024-09-21|work=Hum News (TV News channel)|language=ur|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240518065010/https://humnews.pk/latest/307597/|archive-date=18 May 2024|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bukhari was born in 1984 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.<ref name=PakistanHerald>{{Cite web|title=Meher Abbasi (also known as Meher Bukhari before her marriage to Kashif Abbasi) - Profile|url=http://www.pakistanherald.com/profile/meher-abbasi-1229|access-date=2024-09-21|website=PakistanHerald.com website|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129065641/http://www.pakistanherald.com/profile/meher-abbasi-1229|archive-date=29 January 2022|url-status=dead}}</ref>


==Scandals==
==Scandals==
=== 2012 Interview Scandal ===
=== 2012 Interview Scandal ===
On the 13th of June, 2012, Bokhari and co-host [[Mubashir Lucman]] on Dunya News, interviewed [[Malik Riaz]], 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]]. 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.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2012-06-14|title=Video leak: Lucman, Bokhari run 'planted show' with Malik Riaz|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/393636/video-leak-lucman-bukhari-run-planted-show-with-malik-riaz|access-date=2021-08-15|website=The Express Tribune (newspaper)|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2015-03-17|title=Thou shalt not judge|url=http://herald.dawn.com/news/1152831|access-date=2021-08-15|website=[[Herald (Pakistan)|Herald (Magazine)]]|language=en}}</ref>
On 13 June 2012, Bukhari and co-host [[Mubashir Lucman]] on Dunya News, interviewed [[Malik Riaz]], 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]]. One day after the interview aired, a recording of supposedly off-air conversations between Bukhari, 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.<ref name=Tribune>{{Cite news|date=2012-06-14|title=Video leak: Lucman, Bokhari run 'planted show' with Malik Riaz (with journalists Meher Bukhari and Mubashir Lucman)|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/393636/video-leak-lucman-bukhari-run-planted-show-with-malik-riaz |access-date=2024-09-21|newspaper=The Express Tribune newspaper|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240514042318/https://tribune.com.pk/story/393636/video-leak-lucman-bukhari-run-planted-show-with-malik-riaz/|archive-date=14 May 2024|author=Sheheryar Popalzai|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2015-03-17|title=Thou shalt not judge|url=http://herald.dawn.com/news/1152831|access-date=2024-09-21|newspaper=[[Herald (Pakistan)|Herald (Magazine)]] (Dawn Group of Newspapers)|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421120947/https://herald.dawn.com/news/1152831|archive-date=21 April 2023|author=Mubashir Zaidi|url-status=dead}}</ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==
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Latest revision as of 12:23, 13 December 2024

Meher Bukhari
Born (1984-02-29) 29 February 1984 (age 40)
NationalityPakistani
Other namesMeher Bukhari after her marriage to journalist Kashif Abbasi in 2011
Occupation(s)TV News anchor, Journalist
Employer(s)Dunya News (2012, 2024-present)
Dawn News (2016-2021)
/ Hum News (2021)
ARY News (2023-2024)
Known forKnown for her bold and focused style of questioning as a journalist
SpouseKashif Abbasi

Meher Bukhari (Urdu: مہر بخاری), is Pakistan’s leading female journalist, television anchorperson and host. After a high-profile stint at Dunya News in 2012 and Dawn News (2013), Bokhari is currently associated with ARY News since May 2023.[1]

Early education and career

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Meher Bukhari started her career as a journalist and a host on TV news programs for SAMAA TV.[2][1] Meher Bukhari married ARY News talk show anchorperson Kashif Abbasi.[1][3]

She had a stint with Dunya News after departing from Dunya News, she joined Dawn News in 2013 as a talkshow anchorperson where she hosted her show NewsEye.[2][4] In February 2021, she left Dawn News and joined Hum News.[5] Bukhari was born in 1984 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.[1]

Scandals

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2012 Interview Scandal

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On 13 June 2012, Bukhari and co-host Mubashir Lucman on Dunya News, interviewed Malik Riaz, 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. One day after the interview aired, a recording of supposedly off-air conversations between Bukhari, 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.[6][7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Meher Abbasi (also known as Meher Bukhari before her marriage to Kashif Abbasi) - Profile". PakistanHerald.com website. Archived from the original on 29 January 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Meher Bokhari set to join DawnNews: Report". The Express Tribune newspaper. 21 January 2013. Archived from the original on 25 August 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Meher Bukhari profile". Urduwire.com website. Archived from the original on 27 October 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Not as close to Imran as I was but still his friend, says Jahangir Tareen (to journalist Meher Bukhari)". Dawn newspaper. 6 April 2020. Archived from the original on 21 April 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  5. ^ "نامور صحافی مہر بخاری ہم نیوز کا حصہ بن گئیں". Hum News (TV News channel) (in Urdu). 21 February 2021. Archived from the original on 18 May 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  6. ^ Sheheryar Popalzai (14 June 2012). "Video leak: Lucman, Bokhari run 'planted show' with Malik Riaz (with journalists Meher Bukhari and Mubashir Lucman)". The Express Tribune newspaper. Archived from the original on 14 May 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  7. ^ Mubashir Zaidi (17 March 2015). "Thou shalt not judge". Herald (Magazine) (Dawn Group of Newspapers). Archived from the original on 21 April 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
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