Gharida Farooqi

Gharidah Farooqi is a Pakistani television host and anchorperson who was once part of Pakistan biggest media group, Geo News.

Gharidah has worked with HEC Higher Education Commission as Office Secretary in 2004 to 2009PTV Home, ATV (Pakistan), Dunya TV, Geo News, Samaa TV (in 2012) and is currently (in 2017) a Senior Anchor Person at Express News. Gharidah Farooqi has hosted current affairs TV program "G for Gharidah" (جي فار غريده) since 2015.

In September 2015, Farooqi interviewed Rana Sanaullah Khan, Law Minister in the provincial government of Punjab, Pakistan on her TV show G for Gharida.

In June 2016, on her TV show G for Gharida, Farooqi interviewed Maryam Nawaz on the progress of her father, the former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif after he underwent an open heart surgery. She took master's degree in International Relations from WISH institute Islamabad.

Child abuse incident
On 25 July 2017, Lahore police recovered a fifteen year old maid from the home of Farooqi, where she was kept in illegal detention and was tortured. On 23 August 2017, Farooqi reached a settlement with the mother of the maid.