Kashif Abbasi is one of the most
respected journalists of Pakistan. He is known for his probing and tough
questions in his highly popular talk show, Off the Record. He is also widely
regarded as a journalist who strictly follows non – partisan approach in his
presentation. When his wife was caught in a scandal – Mediagate – he didn’t
spare even her and hosted a special program on that controversy.
Kashif Abbasi was recently in news
for hosting the talk show with Ayesha Gulalai, the member of National Assembly
who recently quit PTI after making some startling allegations against Imran
Khan. This talk show was fiercely debated on the social media. Ayesha could not
give proper response to some of his posers which led her supporters to call him
a thug working on the money of Imran Khan while Ayesha’s detractors supported
him vociferously.
Bio and Wiki of Kashif Abbasi
Kashif Abbasi was born and brought
up in Lahore. His date of birth is 10th December, 1974. At this
juncture, his age is 43 years.
He has been a brilliant student
since his school days. He was the star of his school (Lahore Grammar School)
when it comes to participating in debates. He was eyeing to become a software
engineer as per wishes of her mother. To pursue career in software, he took
admission in the prestigious Barani Institute of Information Technology.
However, Allah had fixed something else for him. Riding on his popularity of
being a powerful person in debates, he was asked to write an article in a
journal which had become an instant success. He decided to make journalism his
career and that decision turned out to be very good one.
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Wife of Kashif Abbasi
Kashif Abbasi is married to another
high profile journalist of Pakistan named Meher Abbasi (her maiden name was
Meher Bokhari). She is currently working with the Dawn News. She had previously
worked with Samaa TV. She was a burgeoning profile in the field of mass
communication when she found herself deep into a scandal of fixed interview.
Her interview with Malik Riaz, a property tycoon of Pakistan, was termed as a
fixed one.
This scandal had virtually ended her career. Kashif Abbasi had
helped her to get rid of this predicament by asking her to true to her
profession. Since then, she has maintained low profile and working hard to
bring back the lost reputation.
Kashif and Meher got married in
November, 2011 after two years of dating. At that time, Meher was working with
Duniya News.
The couple is living in Islamabad
with their children.
Salary of Kashif Abbasi
Kashif Abbasi is undoubtedly the
most popular journalists of Pakistan. ARY News is shelling out huge money to
keep him. He has already been offered by many other channels. Neither ARY nor
Kashif has ever disclosed salary and emoluments on the public forum. But, it is
expected that he is getting the highest salary among all journalists of
Pakistan.
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