Pakistani journalist Javeria Siddique has been in the news because her husband journalist Arshad Sharif has been assassinated in Kenya, know her age and biography
Arshad Sharif, a prominent news presenter from Pakistan who left the country a few months ago to escape being detained on allegations of sedition, was shot and killed in Kenya, according to his widow.
Who Is Javeria Siddique Wife Of Arshad Sharif, Biography, Age, Family, Father, Husband, Children, Marriage, Twitter, Photo, Wiki, Photo
I lost friend, husband and my favourite journalist @arsched today, as per police he was shot in Kenya.
Respect our privacy and in the name of breaking pls don't share our family pics, personal details and his last pictures from hospital.
Remember us in ur prayers. pic.twitter.com/wP1BJxqP5e— Javeria Siddique (@javerias) October 24, 2022
My husband @arsched coming back to home in coffin.
Authorities in Kenya are answerable to us.#JournalismIsNotACrime pic.twitter.com/aDXdG16EhR— Javeria Siddique (@javerias) October 25, 2022
Sharif was deposed in April following a vote of no-confidence in the parliament. He was seen as a vocal opponent of the Pakistani military establishment and an advocate for the former prime minister Imran Khan.
His wife Javeria Siddiqui, a well-known Pakistani journalist, publicly announced his passing. Taking to Twitter, she wrote,
I lost friend, husband and my favourite journalist today, as per police he was shot in Kenya. Respect our privacy and in the name of breaking pls don’t share our family pics, personal details and his last pictures from hospital. Remember us in ur prayers (sic).
Since then, Javeria Siddiqui has become the talk of the town with many people trying to find out more about her. So, let’s find out everything about her:
Who Is Javeria Siddiqui?
Javeria Siddiqui is a well-known Pakistani journalist and photographer. She has been in the news because her husband and exiled prominent news anchor Arshad Sharif was shot and dead in Kenya.
According to her Facebook profile, she is based in London.
Photography has always piqued her attention. She, therefore, began taking pictures while she was still in school. She was enrolled in a photography course in 2013.
Javeria Siddique earned the photography award in 2014 and the Punjab Bar Council’s Best Reporting and Anchoring Award, the CDA Award for Best Reporting, the PIHR Award, and the CDA Award in 2008.
She later received an award from the Azerbaijani government after placing third in the Pakistan Air Force’s photography competition in 2020.
She was married to well-known Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif with the two having five children. The pnames of her parents are not known.
Her Career
From April 2008 to June 2010, Javeria Siddique worked as a correspondent for ATV. Later, she became a reporter for SAMAA TV, where she produced a number of entertaining and educational programs. For the Jang newspaper, she penned editorials and stories from November 2013 until December 2016.
For the whole of 2020, she was employed by Urdu News. She has written editorials for the Roznama Dunya News newspaper since January 2020.
She has currently been writing for the Turkish Radio & Television Corporation and Independent.