| Mubasher Luqman | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Native Name: | مبشر لقمان | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 1963 1, df=y | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation: | Film director News anchor | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children: | 2: Mustafa Lucman (son), Fajar Lucman (daughter)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality: | Pakistani | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mubasher Lucman is a Pakistani anchorperson and columnist. He was made caretaker Minister of Punjab for information technology, communications and works in 2007–08.[2] He launched ARY digital as its first CEO[3] He is one of the key members of WorldCall Pakistan's first fiber-optic network.[4] He also worked in the corporate field, in key positions at WorldCall Group, ARY Digital, NTM (first private television network of Pakistan), and PAKTEL.
Born to movie director-producer of the 1950s and 1960s Luqman (1922-1994), Mubasher Lucman graduated from Aitchison College Lahore and Government College Lahore.[5]
In Lucman's youth, he gained popularity and recognition for his theatre plays. He directed a number of productions. His first job was at the Lahore Hilton (present-day Avari) when he had just started in Government College Lahore. He joined as a lifeguard, which included cleaning pool toilet areas and collecting linen.
Later, Lucman joined an advertising agency as a copy writer. He had worked in the advertising industry of Pakistan for several years and proved his skills through his script for the advertisement of top local and multinational brands of Pakistan including Coca-Cola and Nestle. After this, Lucman set up a production company of his own which developed software and content for television channels of Pakistan.
Lucman produced, co-wrote and directed the film Pehla Pehla Pyaar in 2006, starring Resham and Ali Tabish.
Lucman started anchoring from the channel Business Plus as a host. He joined Express News as a host with the programme Point Blank and later moved to Dunya News and hosted the programme Khari Baat Lucman Ke Sath. He then joined ARY News, hosting Khara Sach. He worked for BOL Network, the newly launched TV channel at the time, with his programme Meri Jang for a short while. However, the channel was banned by PEMRA due to the Axact scandal. After a while he joined Samaa, continuing with his hit programme Khara Sach with Mubasher Lucman.[6]
His show Khara Sach was banned by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) in 2014 due to Lucman's outspoken words.[7]
His books include:[8]