Waseem Badami | |
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وسیم بدامی | |
 Waseem Badami in 2022 | |
| Born | 7 February 1985 Karachi, Pakistan |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Occupation(s) | News presenter, Television presenter |
| Years active | 2006-present |
| Employer | ARY News (2006-present) |
| Children | 1 |
Waseem Badami [a] is a Pakistani television host and news anchor [1] who currently hosts a political talk show 11th Hour on ARY News. [2] [3]
Badami started his career by giving traffic updates on radio while he was studying at a university. [4] After that he joined Business Plus channel as a researcher. Later his sheer hard work gave him reward and out of thousands of people he got selected for ARY News in 2006 and there he started his career as a journalist and an anchor person. Later, he left the channel in October 2014 and subsequently joined BOL Network as an Executive Vice President and Senior Anchorperson. [5] [6] In April 2015, he resigned from BOL Network [6] [5] and rejoined ARY News. He is currently hosting the popular talk show "11th Hour" on ARY News [7] He also hosts Shan-e-Ramazan on ARY Digital. [5] [8] [9] He is famous for his “Masoomana Sawal” which has become his identity. [10] He also hosts a cricket-related show Har Lamha Purjosh mainly during Pakistan Super League. [11]
In 2017, Badami partnered up with Hemani Herbals and launched organic products and skin care brand named "WB" after his initials. The product was launched in Dubai followed by Karachi. [12]
In 2022, Waseem started his podcast show on YouTube, "Podcast with Waseem Badami". [13] [14]
"My friends used to ask me to focus on something else since they considered this a hobby. They used to ask me how I'd be a journalist since there were none in the family to put in a good word so that I could get a job. I used to go and give my CV at channels and radio stations myself because I wanted to become a news anchor."..