Waseem Badami | |
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Born | 7 February 1985 |
Alma mater | Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST) |
Occupation(s) | News anchor, journalist |
Years active | 2006-present |
Employer | ARY News |
Children | 1 [1] |
Website |
wbhemani |
Waseem Badami ( Urdu: وسیم بدامی) is a Pakistani television host and news anchor [2] who hosts a political talk show 11th Hour on ARY News. [3]
Wives: Mahira fatima & Iqra Nasir
Waseem was born in Karachi, Pakistan on 7 February 1985. [4] He graduated with MBA degree in Marketing from Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology. [5]
Badami started his career by giving traffic updates on radio during that he was studying at SZABIST. [6] 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. [7] [8] In April 2015, he resigned from BOL Network [8] [7] and rejoined ARY News. He is currently hosting the popular talk show "11th Hour" on ARY News [9] He also hosts Shan-e-Ramazan on ARY Digital. [7] [10] [11] He is famous for his “Masoomana Sawal” which has become his identity. [12] He also hosts a cricket-related show Har Lamha Purjosh mainly during Pakistan Super League. [13]
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. [14]
In 2022, Waseem started his podcast show on YouTube, "Podcast with Waseem Badami". [15]
In 2016, he was awarded "Favorite Current Affairs Anchor – Male" award by Agahi Award. [16] [17]
In 2018, his brand WB by Hemani got "Emerging brand of the year" award. [18]
In 2019, he won the 10th Pakistan Achievement Award for the “Best Ramadan Transmission Host”. [19]
"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."..