ISLAMABAD – For the very first time, a Sikh man has been hired as an anchorby a news channel in Pakistan.

Harmeet Singh, a resident of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province’s Chakesar city,has joined the Public News channel. The official handle of the media houseposted a video of Mr Singh on twitter and captioned, “Pakistan’s 1st SikhNews Anchor Harmeet Singh only on #PublicNews.”

Recently, Manmeet Kaur had become the first female Sikh reporter inPakistan.

Mr Singh said that he had always been interested in the Pakistani mediaindustry.

“I didn’t use any religion card to gain access in the media industry. Iworked hard before I got any recognition,” he added.

Media veteran Yousaf Baig Mirza, who heads the Public News channel, said MrSingh was chosen as newscaster for his good personality and voice.

Mr Singh completed his masters in journalism from Federal Urdu UniversityKarachi. He started his career as a reporter.