Mocking Integrity & The BBC
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Mishal Husain - BBC Radio 4 Today presenter.
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Born
Northampton, England 11/2/73
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Family
Mother: TY producer at Pakistan Television Corporation.
Father: Doctor (Urologist) in UAE.
Grandfather: Major General Syed Shahid Hamid.
Two star General in the Pakistani Army during WWII.
Private Military Secretary to Field Marshal Claude Auchinleck during the partition of the sub continent.
In 1948 he set up the Pakistani Secret Intelligence Service (SIS).
In 1958 he played an instrument role in the coup d’etat that saw Field Marshal Ayub Khan become Pakistani President.
As a Syed his lineage stretches back to the family of the prophet Mohamed.
He was the Uncle of author Salman Rushdie.
I’ll say that again,
He can trace his family back to the prophet Mohamed>He is the Uncle of Salman Rushdie
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-maj-gen-syed-shahid-hamid-1497723.html
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Education
Cobham Hall, Kent. An independent girls school.
New Hall, Cambridge- Law
European University Institute(EUI) Florence, Italy - Comparative Law
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Languages
Russian. Urdu.
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Employment
Intern at Pakistani newspaper.
Taught English in Moscow.
Bloomberg TV
BBC London, New York, Islamabad, Washington DC.
6.Spouse
Meekal Hashmi- Lawyer
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Jewish
No, Muslim.
Notes
Salman Rushdie is Mishal’s great uncle.
She represents a charity called Mosaic.
https://bijog.com/biography/mishal-husain
https://www.mosaicnetwork.co.uk/team/mishal-husain/
http://isthebbcbiased.blogspot.com/2014/11/mishal-husain-pushing-another-angle.html
And slide.