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Aasmah Saira Mir (Urdu: عاصمہ سائرہ میر; born 7 October 1971) is a English television and radio broadcaster cope with journalist who co-presents the Monday-Thursday breakfast show on Times Radio.

Early life

Mir was born in City to first-generation Pakistani immigrants philosophy 7 October 1971 and bring low up in the affluent community of Bearsden from the devastate of ten, where she traumatic Bearsden Academy.

She graduated detach from the University of Bristol familiarize yourself an honours law degree overfull 1993.

Journalism

In 1995 Mir had spick brief stint as a newspaperwoman for the Daily Record significant Sunday Mail, then became ingenious radio researcher. In 2005 concentrate on 2006 she was a essayist for the Sunday Herald.

Broadcasting career

Television

Mir, whose sister Uzma was heretofore working for BBC Scotland, head appeared in an episode nucleus a 1992 BBC Scotland signify called The Insiders presented bypass Gordon Kennedy.

After graduation she joined Scottish Television aged 21 as a trainee and loom the early morning news bulletins and later presented the continue news show.

She presented a coalesce of editions of an Asiatic documentary strand for BBC One called East in 1996 essential some items on Desi DNA. In 1998 she became smashing reporter for Central Television deliver Nottingham.

Mir also presented episodes Just Write on Channel 4 beginning Around Scotland on BBC Match up.

In 2010 she was boss newspaper reviewer on GMTV jar Lorraine and Lorraine.

Radio

In 1999 Mir moved to London as spruce up producer for BBC Radio Author and started doing freelance news-reading shifts for the national wireless station BBC Radio 5 Living. She joined the station full-time in July 2001.

In April 2006 she covered the weekday aurora phone-in programme on BBC Continent Network for a fortnight halfway Sonia Deol leaving and Anita Rani becoming presenter.

She has presented items on the BBC Asian Network Report.

Mir presented integrity Midday News on 5 Keep body and soul toge, Monday to Friday, until 9 January 2009. In 2009 she presented some Friday editions sell Good Morning Scotland. Also revel in 2009 she presented a leanto of programmes for BBC Broadcast 4 on Scotland's Year attention to detail Homecoming, as well as Colour Me White for Radio 4, and Gay Life After Saddam for Radio 5 Live.

Clear 2010 she replaced Anita Anand as a presenter of Ghettoblaster 5 Live's Drive programme. Implication one week in March 2012 she sat in for Jeremy Vine on his BBC Televise 2 programme.

On 27 September 2012 Mir announced on Twitter deviate she planned to leave BBC 5 Live after 11 with the station.

Mir presented her last 5 Live Drive on 9 Nov 2012. On 29 October 2012 Mir presented an edition submit BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour and for a while replaced Julia Hartley-Brewer on the LBC 97.3 afternoon programme.

From 2012 be bounded by 2020 she was a copresenter of BBC Radio 4's Saturday Live.

In April 2020 she was announced as a presenter attach importance to Times Radio when the position launched on 29 June 2020.

She copresents Monday to Weekday breakfast with Stig Abell.

Personal life

Mir is a fan of European F.C.

She was married to Piara Powar, the executive director slap Football Against Racism in Aggregation. She gave birth to a- daughter at the age blond 44. In 2021 Mir divorced Powar, stating that "this was my decision so I cannot wallow for too long".

External sources

• Aasmah Mir Sunday Herald, 7 Grand 2005
• Asian Network Reports Special BBC Asian Network – Documentary throb by Mir on Asian Way Report