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Urdu channel based in Lahore has hired a turbaned Sikh

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Nimrat Kaur
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Urdu channel based in Lahore has hired a turbaned Sikh
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An Urdu channel based in Lahore has hired a turbaned Sikh as a news anchor. 28-year-old Harmeet Singh, who is equally proficient in Pashto, Punjabi, Urdu, Hindi and English, says he wants to make his family and community members in Pakistan proud. With a Masters in Journalism from Urdu University, Karachi, he already has a flair for writing and has had a year’s experience in reporting with an Islamabad-based channel. “I was in Malaysia doing business when I got a call from the ‘Public News’ management, offering me the job of newscaster. It was a dream come true. I immediately accepted the offer,”  he told The Tribune over the phone. A Sehajdhari Sikh, Harmeet Singh has now begun to grow his hair and sport a turban, which he says “enhances my personality and makes me feel special as it makes me stand apart from the rest”. Pointing out that not just in Pakistan but minorities across the globe face discrimination, he claims that things in Pakistan have begun to change with up to 10 per cent reservation in jobs for the Sikhs. “I would want the Pakistan government to introduce Gurmukhi in the school curriculum,” he adds. -PTC News-
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