Waqar Zaka

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Waqar Zaka
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NationalityPakistani
Occupation Television host
Years active2005–present
Known forLiving on the Edge
Champions
Website waqarzaka.net

Waqar Zaka (Urdu : وقار ذکا) is a Pakistani VJ-turned-television host and a cryptocurrency enthusiast. [1] [2]

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Early life & education

According to Zaka, he is a 2008-09 batch Civil Engineer of NED University of Engineering & Technology. [3]

Zaka started his career with ARY Digital with a TV reality show Living on the Edge. [4] [5] [6] Waqar then created and hosted reality shows XPOSED, [5] King of Street Magic, [5] Desi Kudiyan and The Cricket Challenge aired on ARY Musik. [7]

Political career

During the 2013 Pakistani general election, Zaka ran for the seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-235 (Karachi East-I), [8] but was unsuccessful. [4] He received only 31 votes out of the total 211,768 votes cast. [9] He ran on a platform of prioritising and improving access to entertainment and the internet. [10] [11]

In April 2019, Zaka announced a political movement in Pakistan called Tehreek-e-Tech. [12] [3] In May 2019, he expressed regret to the public for the negative impact on youth caused by his TV reality show "Living on the Edge". [4] [13]

Champions with Waqar Zaka

In November 2019, Zaka began hosting a TV reality show, Champions with Waqar Zaka , on BOL Network. [14] In January 2020, the show was banned by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) [14] for being "offensive towards social, religious and cultural values of this country". [15] In April 2020, the Islamabad High Court upheld the decision of PEMRA to ban the show. [16] Following the suspension of Champions, Zaka began hosting a late-night show on YouTube called Headphone Show. [17]

Media career

Waqar Zaka was co-producer of Babylicious which featured Shehroz Sabzwari and Syra Yousuf in lead roles. [18]

In November 2023, Nida Yasir alleged that Zaka had attempted to destroy her career at ARY Digital by sending emails to the channel's management. [19] Zaka dismissed the allegations. [20]

2018 arrest

In November 2018, following his arrest for alleged sheesha possession, Zaka clarified in a video message that circulating media reports about him being booked for owning alcohol were untrue. [21] [22]

Cryptocurrency scam case

In December 2022, a Karachi court issued a non-bailable arrest warrant for Zaka in connection with a case involving an Rs 86 million cryptocurrency scam.. [23] This came after the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) charged Zaka with enticing the public into "dubious" cryptocurrency trading. [24] [25] In 2023, the court declared Zaka an absconder for his consistent non-appearance in the case. The court also observed that Zaka “has hidden himself at unknown place due to fear of his arrest and there is no immediate hope of his arrest in near future”. [26]

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