Yalda Hakim, a broadcaster from Afghanistan, has attracted a lot of attention for her strong, uncompromising interviews with older Pakistani officials, which clearly left more than one minister uneasy. Hakim confronted Pakistan‘s data minister Attaullah Tarar over the government’s neglect of hosting criminal organizations in her most recent change on Sky News. Hakim brought up the fact that his own defense minister had recently said the same when Tarar resisted saying” there are no criminal camps in Pakistan.” According to Hakim, citing notes Asif made on her show,” Can I just point out to you on my system, just a week ago your Defence Minister Khawaja Asif admitted that Pakistan has for centuries had a plan of financing, support, and using terrorist organizations as proxies.” In that earlier interview, Asif had come to the conclusion that” We have been doing this dirty work for the United States for about three decades… That was a mistake and we suffered for that.” President Donald Trump cut martial assistance to Pakistan in 2018 because he accused it of playing a double-edged sword. But when you say there are no criminal tents in Pakistan, you are contradicting what General Paris Musharraf has said, what Benazir Bhutto has said, and what your defence minister just a week ago, Hakim told Tarar. Yalda Hakim made reference to former president Shah, Benazir Bhutto, and a dramatic entrance made by Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, who claimed Pakistan had “been doing this dirty job for the United States for about three years.”
- Hakim, a columnist from Afghanistan, was born in Kabul and immigrated to Australia as a immigrant.
- She is the current Sky News anchor, and she is now presenting The World with Yalda Hakim on the program at 9 p.m. on weekends.
- Frontline writer: She has covered events from various international areas, including Darfur, Israel-Gaza, and Ukraine.
- Hakim has interviewed prominent figures in the world, including Ashraf Ghani, Antony Blinken, Bill Clinton, Justin Trudeau, Sheikh Hasina, and Joko Widodo.
- Previous BBC reporter: She served on the BBC News Channel’s key newscasting team and hosted the BBC World News program Effects with Yalda Hakim in 2023.
- Her hard-hitting analytical reporting includes subjects such as Yemeni people prostitution, the Islamic State in Iraq, and US election meddling.
- Founder of the Yalda Hakim Foundation: She founded the base to provide scholarships for Afghan women.
