“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.”
“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.
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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