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On the 13th of June, 2012, Bokhari and co-host Mubashar Lucman on Dunya News, interviewed Malik Riaz Hussain, Pakistani property tycoon and founder of the highly successful Bahra Town Group, who had made a string of corruption accusations against Arsalan Iftikhar, son of the then Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Chauhdry. One day after the interview aired, a recording of supposedly off-air conversations between Bokhari, Lucman, and |
On the 13th of June, 2012, Bokhari and co-host Mubashar Lucman on Dunya News, interviewed Malik Riaz Hussain, Pakistani property tycoon and founder of the highly successful Bahra Town Group, who had made a string of corruption accusations against Arsalan Iftikhar, son of the then Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Chauhdry. 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 web|title=Meher Bukhari Biography|url=http://www.pakistantv.tv/2012/09/11/profile-mehar-bukhari/|website=http://www.pakistantv.tv/}}</ref> |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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Revision as of 11:36, 30 April 2015
Meher Abbasi (مہر عباسی), formerly Meher Bokhari (مہر بخاری), is a Pakistani journalist and a TV anchorperson/host. She began her career at SAMAA TV [1]. After a high profile stint at Dunya News, Bokhari is currently employed by Dawn News. [2]
Education and Career
Bokhari started her career as a journalist and a host on TV news programs for SAMAA TV [1]. She had a stint with Dunya News after departing from SAMAA. Currently, she is employed by Dawn News as a talkshow anchorperson. Bokhari was born, and during her early years, raised in Pakistan. She went abroad in pursuit of higher education, but later returned to pursue her career in Pakistan. [3] [4]
2012 Interview Scandal
On the 13th of June, 2012, Bokhari and co-host Mubashar Lucman on Dunya News, interviewed Malik Riaz Hussain, Pakistani property tycoon and founder of the highly successful Bahra Town Group, who had made a string of corruption accusations against Arsalan Iftikhar, son of the then Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Chauhdry. 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. [5]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Meher Bukhari Journalist of Pakistan | ChatDD Blog". chatdd.com. Retrieved 2014-09-04.
- ^ News Eye
- ^ "Meher Bokhari Career". http://www.pakistantv.tv/.
{{cite web}}: External link in|website= - ^ "Meher Bukhari Education". http://www.pakwatan.com/.
{{cite web}}: External link in|website= - ^ "Meher Bukhari Biography". http://www.pakistantv.tv/.
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