Pakistan channel hires 1st Sikh male anchor

KARACHI: In a first, a Sikh man has been hired as an anchor by a news channel in Pakistan. Harmeet Singh, who is a resident of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province’s Chakesar city, has joined the Public News channel. The official handle of the media house posted a video of Singh on twitter with the caption: “Pakistan’s 1st Sikh News Anchor Harmeet Singh only on #PublicNews.” Recently, Manmeet Kaur had become the first female Sikh reporter in Pakistan.
“I didn’t use any religion card to gain access in the media industry.I worked hard and did a lot of work,” Singh said. Media veteran Yousaf Baig Mirza, who heads the the channel, said Singh was chosen as newscaster due to his flamboyant looks and voice pitch.