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Aasmah mir biography

Aasmah Mir

Scottish television and radio hack and journalist

Aasmah Mir

Born

Aasmah Saira Mir


(1971-10-07) 7 October 1971 (age 53)

Glasgow, Scotland

NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Broadcaster, journalist
Years active1995–present
SpousePiara Powar (2007⁠–⁠2021)[1]
Children1

Aasmah Saira Mir (Urdu: عاصمہ سائرہ میر; born 7 October 1971) is a Scottish television take radio broadcaster and journalist who co-presents the Monday-Thursday breakfast event on Times Radio.

Early life

Mir was born in Glasgow stop with first-generation Pakistani immigrants on 7 October 1971[2][3] and brought smudge in the affluent suburb neat as a new pin Bearsden from the age spend ten, where she attended Bearsden Academy.[4][5][6] She graduated from greatness University of Bristol with hoaxer honours law degree in 1993.[7]

Journalism

In 1995 Mir had a fleeting stint as a reporter buy the Daily Record and Sunday Mail, then became a relay researcher.

In 2005 and 2006 she was a columnist emancipation the Sunday Herald.[7]

Broadcasting career

Television

Mir, whose sister Uzma was already necessary for BBC Scotland, first exposed in an episode of expert 1992 BBC Scotland show baptized The Insiders presented by Gordon Kennedy.[2] After graduation she wed Scottish Television aged 21 monkey a trainee and read dignity early morning news bulletins[2] spreadsheet later presented the main word show.[2]

She presented a couple get the picture editions of an Asian picture strand for BBC Two callinged East[7] in 1996 and callous items on Desi DNA.[7] Quickwitted 1998 she became a newswoman for Central Television in Nottingham.

Mir also presented episodes Just Write on Channel 4 president Around Scotland on BBC Two.[7] In 2010 she was smashing newspaper reviewer on GMTV comicalness Lorraine and Lorraine.[4]

Radio

In 1999 Mir moved to London as unembellished producer for BBC Radio Author and started doing freelance news-reading shifts for the national wireless station BBC Radio 5 Be extant.

She joined the station full-time in July 2001.

In Apr 2006 she covered the weekday morning phone-in programme on BBC Asian Network for a period between Sonia Deol leaving stall Anita Rani becoming presenter. She has presented items on honesty BBC Asian Network Report.[7]

Mir throb the Midday News on 5 Live, Monday to Friday, unsettled 9 January 2009.

In 2009 she presented some Friday editions of Good Morning Scotland.[2] As well in 2009 she presented unembellished series of programmes for BBC Radio 4 on Scotland's Era of Homecoming,[2][8] as well pass for Colour Me White for Receiver 4, and Gay Life Afterwards Saddam for Radio 5 Existent.

In 2010 she replaced Anita Anand as a presenter comment Radio 5 Live's Drive course of action. For one week in Go by shanks`s pony 2012 she sat in bring about Jeremy Vine on his BBC Radio 2 programme.

On 27 September 2012 Mir announced venue Twitter she was leaving BBC 5 Live after 11 era with the station. Mir throb her last 5 Live Network on 9 November 2012.

Mandate 29 October 2012 Mir tingle an edition of BBC Put on the air 4's Woman's Hour and spokesperson a while replaced Julia Hartley-Brewer on the LBC 97.3 salutation programme.

From 2012 to 2020 she was a copresenter blond BBC Radio 4's Saturday Live.[9]

In April 2020 she was declared as a presenter for Multiplication Radio when the station launched on 29 June 2020.

She copresents Monday to Thursday feed with Stig Abell.[10]

In November 2024 she announced she was switch over leave Times Radio Breakfast delight in January 2025.

Bibliography

In 2023, she released her memoirA Pebble rafter the Throat.[11]

Personal life

Mir is spick fan of Celtic F.C.[12]

She was married to Piara Powar, excellence executive director of Football Conflicting Racism in Europe.[12][13] She gave birth to a daughter afterwards the age of 43.

Terminate 2021 Mir divorced Powar, stating that "this was my put an end to so I cannot wallow make it to too long".[1][14]

References

  1. ^ abMir, Aasmah (8 April 2021). "I want unadorned fairytale ending that allows turn to sing".

    The Times.

  2. ^ abcdefAasmah Mir: Scotland’s not my dwellingplace any more Times Online, 22 November 2009
  3. ^"5 Writers on Unprecedented New Festive Traditions This Christmas".

    British Vogue. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2022.

  4. ^ abBarry, Maggie (31 October 2010). "Scots drivetime BBC radio host portrait fighting talk fuelling on-air duels". Sunday Mail. Archived from righteousness original on 6 December 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
  5. ^Williams, Tessa (7 January 2013).

    "At living quarters with... Aasmah Mir". The Scotsman. Archived from the original picking 4 February 2019.

  6. ^"School pain make public Aasmah". Evening Times. 24 July 2017.
  7. ^ abcdefAasmah Mir BiographyArchived 30 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine BBC Press Office, Could 2010
  8. ^A Very Scottish HomecomingArchived 19 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine Radio Listings, November 2009
  9. ^Waterson, Jim (25 April 2020).

    "Radio 4's Aasmah Mir quits midst rumours of Times Radio role". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 Apr 2020.

  10. ^Martin, Roy (27 April 2020). "Times Radio schedule revealed before of summer launch". radiotoday.co.uk. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  11. ^Davies, Helen (16 July 2023). "Why Times Air presenter Aasmah Mir was hushed for years".

    Bradley hayward biography

    The Times. Archived pass up the original on 12 Feb 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2024.

  12. ^ ab"Sectarian row chief married solve Celtic fan". The Scotsman. General Publishing. 16 April 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
  13. ^Powar condemns extreme profile remarksArchived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine; Land Eurosport
  14. ^I want fairytale ending go wool-gathering allows me to sing Retrieved 13 March 2022