Sunday, June 21, 2020

Harmeet Singh :Pakistani news channel hires first male Sikh news anchor, earns Twitterati’s praise

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“Pakistan’s 1st Sikh News Anchor Harmeet Singh only on #PublicNews.” 


A Pakistani news channel is garnering a lot of praise for hiring a male Sikh as its newscaster. This comes after a female Sikh and a transgender were hired by two other TV stations recently. Private news channel Public News has employed Harmeet Singh, who belongs to the Sikh minority community in Pakistan. Taking to Twitter, the official handle of the media house posted a video of Singh, and captioned, “Pakistan’s 1st Sikh News Anchor Harmeet Singh only on #PublicNews.”

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 “Pakistan’s 1st Sikh News Anchor Harmeet Singh only on #PublicNews.” 


Many took to social media to laud the news channel. While some commented on Pakistan’s move to be more inclusive, others stated that it was ‘nice’ to see a Sikh man on a Pakistani channel. 

first sikh news anchor in pakistan: Meet Harmeet Singh, the first ...

Harmeet Singh is a resident of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province’s Chakesar city. His family is based in Pakistan, NDTV rep
Speaking about his appointment, Mr Singh said he had always been inclined towards Pakistani media industry. He had completed his masters in Journalism from Federal Urdu University Karachi.

https://indianexpress.com/article/trending/trending-globally/pakistan-first-sikh-male-news-anchor-5237397/

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