<p class="title">In a first, a Sikh man has been hired as an anchor by a news channel in Pakistan.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Harmeet Singh, who is a resident of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province's Chakesar city, has joined the Public News channel.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The official handle of the media house posted a video of Singh on Twitter and captioned, "Pakistan’s 1st Sikh News Anchor Harmeet Singh only on #PublicNews."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Recently, Manmeet Kaur had become the first female Sikh reporter in Pakistan.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I was always interested in the thriving media industry in Pakistan," Singh said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I didn’t use any religion card to gain access in the media industry. I worked hard and did a lot of work before I got any recognition," he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Media veteran Yousaf Baig Mirza, who heads the Public News channel, said Singh was chosen as newscaster due to his flamboyant looks and voice pitch.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Singh completed his masters in journalism from Federal Urdu University Karachi. He started his media carrier as a reporter.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Though the immediate family of Singh is based in Pakistan, his extended family members keep on visiting from India.</p>
<p class="title">In a first, a Sikh man has been hired as an anchor by a news channel in Pakistan.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Harmeet Singh, who is a resident of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province's Chakesar city, has joined the Public News channel.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The official handle of the media house posted a video of Singh on Twitter and captioned, "Pakistan’s 1st Sikh News Anchor Harmeet Singh only on #PublicNews."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Recently, Manmeet Kaur had become the first female Sikh reporter in Pakistan.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I was always interested in the thriving media industry in Pakistan," Singh said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I didn’t use any religion card to gain access in the media industry. I worked hard and did a lot of work before I got any recognition," he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Media veteran Yousaf Baig Mirza, who heads the Public News channel, said Singh was chosen as newscaster due to his flamboyant looks and voice pitch.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Singh completed his masters in journalism from Federal Urdu University Karachi. He started his media carrier as a reporter.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Though the immediate family of Singh is based in Pakistan, his extended family members keep on visiting from India.</p>