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Mishal Husain was born on 11 February, 1973 in Northampton, England, is a British newsreader and journalist (born 1973). Discover Mishal Husain's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 51 years old?

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Occupation News presenter · journalist
Age 51 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 11 February, 1973
Birthday 11 February
Birthplace Northampton, England
Nationality United Kingdom

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Her husband is Meekal Hashmi (m. 2003)

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Mishal Husain Net Worth

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1973

Mishal Husain (born 12 March 1973) is a British newsreader and journalist for BBC Television and BBC Radio.

She is one of the main presenters of BBC Radio 4's Today, and occasionally appears as a relief presenter on the weekday edition of the BBC News at Ten, and more rarely, the BBC News at Six.

She has hosted The Andrew Marr Show, HARDtalk, Impact and BBC Breakfast.

Mishal Husain was born on 12 March 1973 in Northampton, England, to Pakistani parents.

Her mother was a teacher and former producer for Pakistan Television Corporation, and her father was a urologist.

She has a younger brother.

She is the granddaughter of Syed Shahid Hamid, the first Director-General of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence.

Husain was privately educated at the British School in Abu Dhabi; the family were also based in Saudi Arabia for a period.

Husain returned to England at the age of 12 to continue her private education at Cobham Hall School, an independent school in Kent.

She read law at New Hall, Cambridge (now Murray Edwards College, Cambridge) followed by a master's degree in International and Comparative Law at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy.

Husain gained her first experience in journalism at the age of 18, spending three months as a city reporter in Islamabad, Pakistan, at the English-language newspaper The News.

Then, while at university, she did several stints at the BBC as work experience.

1996

Her first job was at Bloomberg Television in London in 1996, where she was a producer and sometime presenter.

1998

Two years later, in 1998, she joined the BBC as a junior producer in the newsroom and for the News 24 channel, and then in the Economics and Business Unit.

Within a few months, she moved in front of the camera and has since worked in a variety of roles: on the daily Breakfast programme, on Asia Business Report (based in Singapore), and as a presenter of business news on both BBC World News and the BBC News Channel.

2002

From September 2002 she was the corporation's Washington correspondent, serving as the main news anchor through the buildup to the invasion of Iraq and during the war.

She has interviewed many high-profile figures including Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Armitage, Richard Perle, Paul Kagame and Emmerson Mnangagwa.

2010

On 8 May 2010, she published an autobiographical essay in The Independent based on a nostalgia trip to the UAE.

Husain appeared in a round of the BBC's Celebrity Mastermind in 2010, coming third out of four.

Her specialised subject was the Narnia books of C. S. Lewis.

She is also one of the judges for the Amnesty International Media Awards.

2011

In 2011, Husain hosted Impact on BBC World News, but in the spring and summer of 2011 she was engaged in making a documentary on the Arab Spring, for airing in the autumn of 2011.

She presents the Sunday evening editions of the BBC Weekend News on BBC One.

On 2 December 2011, it was announced that Husain would be part of the BBC's Olympic Presenting team.

2012

She featured on a show entitled Gandhi that was broadcast by the BBC in March 2012.

She also featured as the morning anchor presenter on BBC One during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

Husain is an ambassador for the charity Mosaic, which helps young people from deprived communities to realise their talents and potential.

2013

On 17 March 2013, she presented the last News at Ten to be broadcast from BBC Television Centre.

On 16 July 2013, the BBC's Director-General Lord Hall announced that Husain was to become a presenter of BBC Radio 4's Today programme in the autumn.

Husain presented her first edition of Today on 7 October 2013, when her co-presenter was John Humphrys.

On 7 November 2013, it was announced that Husain would be part of the BBC's Commonwealth Games Presenting team.

Husain is also an occasional relief presenter of the BBC News at Six and the weekday edition of the BBC News at Ten, as well as on the BBC News Channel during major breaking news stories.

She has occasionally presented Newsnight on BBC Two.

In 2013, Husain interviewed the Burmese Leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

During the intense cross-examination, "Kyi lost her cool following a tense interview".

It was claimed Suu Kyi was heard muttering "no one told me I was going to be interviewed by a Muslim".

2015

Husain won the Broadcaster of the Year Award at the London Press Club Awards in 2015.

2017

On 27 November 2017, Husain recorded an interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.

When the first series of Star Spell – a spin-off from Hard Spell that had only appeared before as a one-off episode – aired, Husain appeared as word pronouncer, replacing Nina Hossain.

She continued in this role throughout the second series of Hard Spell.