Waseem Badami


Waseem Badami is a Pakistani television host and news anchor who currently hosts a political talk show 11th Hour on ARY News.

Career

Badami started his career by giving traffic updates on radio during that he was studying at SZABIST. After that he joined business plus channel where he used to do a job as a researcher. Later his sheer hard work gave him reward and out of thousands of people he got selected for ARY News in 2006 and there he started his career as a journalist and an anchor person. He is currently hosting the popular talk show "11th Hour" on ARY news Later, he left the channel in October 2014 and subsequently joined BOL Network as an Executive Vice President and Senior Anchorperson. In April 2015, he resigned from BOL Network And rejoined Ary News. He also hosts Shan-e-Ramazan on ARY Digital. He is famous for his “Masoomana Sawal” which has become his identity. He also hosts a game show “Har lamha Purjosh” And excelling in that too. No wonder he is Jake of all trades but master of all.
In 2017, Badami partnered up with Hemani Herbals and launched organic products and skin care brand named "WB" after his initials. The product was launched in Dubai followed by Karachi.

Awards

In 2016, he was awarded "Favorite Current Affairs Anchor – Male" award by Agahi Award.
In 2018, his brand WB by Hemani got "Emerging brand of the year" award.
In 2019, he won the 10th Pakistan Achievement Award for the “Best Ramadan Transmission Host”.