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Jasmeen Manzoor to join BOL News

 JournalismPakistan.com |  Published: 23 February 2015

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Jasmeen Manzoor to join BOL News
Jasmeen Manzoor, previously the host of 'Tonight with Jasmeen' on Abb Takk TV, will join BOL News in early March. She will serve as Senior Executive Vice President alongside her executive producer.
ISLAMABAD: Jasmeen Manzoor, host of program 'Tonight with Jasmeen' on Abb Takk TV, will join the upcoming BOL News in the first week of March as Senior Executive Vice President and anchorperson.
A source told JournalismPakistan.com that she along with her executive producer Ahmed Khan met the BOL managers in Karachi two weeks back to finalize their deal.
The BOL management briefed the duo on their upcoming television channel, Urdu and English newspapers, magazines and radio stations besides offering them a lucrative package, he said.
Ahmed Khan will join BOL News on March 2 as associate vice president and Jasmeen is also expected to join the channel in the same week.
Jasmeen’s associate producer and coordinator at Abb Takk TV will also join BOL soon.

KEY POINTS:

  • Jasmeen Manzoor to join BOL News in March.
  • She will be Senior Executive Vice President and anchorperson.
  • Ahmed Khan also joining BOL as associate vice president.
  • BOL offers lucrative package to both executives.
  • Jasmeen previously hosted 'Tonight with Jasmeen' on Abb Takk TV.

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