Waseem Badami

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Waseem Badami
وسیم بدامی
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Waseem Badami in 2022
NationalityPakistani
Occupation News Anchor
Years active2006-present
Employer ARY News (2006-present)
Children1

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]

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Career

Badami started his career by giving traffic updates on radio while he was studying at a university. [3] 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. [4] [5] In April 2015, he resigned from BOL Network [5] [4] and rejoined ARY News. He is currently hosting the popular talk show "11th Hour" on ARY News [6] He also hosts Shan-e-Ramazan on ARY Digital. [4] [7] [8] He is famous for his “Masoomana Sawal” which has become his identity. [9] He also hosts a cricket-related show Har Lamha Purjosh mainly during Pakistan Super League. [10]

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Badami in 2017

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. [11]

In 2022, Waseem started his podcast show on YouTube, "Podcast with Waseem Badami". [12]

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References

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  2. "Veena Malik alleges husband abused her, agrees to 'forgive' him". DAWN.COM. 14 March 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  3. "I was told newscasters don't look like I do: Waseem Badami". The Express Tribune (newspaper). 12 July 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2022. "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."..
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  5. 1 2 "Waseem Badami rejoins ARY News". ARYNEWS. 27 April 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  6. "Vote for Waseem Badami as Favourite Current Affairs Anchor - Male @AgahiAwards - 2016". Agahi Awards. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
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  8. "Ramzan shows – the new high!" . Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  9. "2019 was a year of insensitive jokes by Pakistani celebrities". Samaa TV . 15 December 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  10. "Is Ali Zafar preparing for new PSL song?". Daily Times (newspaper). 23 February 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  11. Haq, Irfan-ul (20 May 2017). "Waseem Badami is launching his skincare line today". Dawn Images. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  12. "podcast".

Notes

  1. Urdu: وسیم بدامی