Mubashir Lucman
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| native_name = مبشر لقمان
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1963|01|11}}
| birth_place = Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
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| occupation = {{Hlist|News anchor}}
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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.{{cite news |title=Caretaker CM, 17 ministers take oath in Lahore |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/276673 |work=Dawn |date=20 November 2007}} He launched ARY Digital as its first CEO.{{cite web | url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1132216 | title=ARY's CEO, anchorperson told to justify airing of 'defamatory' show | date=16 September 2014 }} He is one of the key members of WorldCall, Pakistan's first fiber-optic network.https://www.worldcall.net.pk/BoardCommittees {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}} He also worked in the corporate field, in key positions at WorldCall Group, ARY Digital, NTM (first private television network of Pakistan), and PAKTEL.
As of 2014, he had conducted over 2,500 television shows, most of which focused on investigative reporting.
Early life and education
Born to movie director-producer of the 1950s and 1960s Luqman (1922-1994), Mubasher Lucman graduated from Aitchison College Lahore and Government College Lahore.{{Cite web |last=Springer |first=Jon |date=30 October 2014 |title=Why Is This Man Banned For Life From Pakistani TV? |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonspringer/2014/10/30/why-is-this-man-banned-for-life-from-pakistani-tv/?sh=1460bce95c4f |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250601194918/https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonspringer/2014/10/30/why-is-this-man-banned-for-life-from-pakistani-tv/ |archive-date=1 June 2025 |website=Forbes |quote=}}
Showbusiness career
= Theatre =
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.{{cite web |date=2020 |title=Regional Geostrategic Challenges: Golden Ring Bloc — An Opportunity for Pakistan’s Strategic & Economic Security (Volume 1) |url=https://gref.org.pk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Volume-1-GREF-UMT-Webinar-3.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240901144834/https://gref.org.pk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Volume-1-GREF-UMT-Webinar-3.pdf |archive-date=1 September 2024 |access-date= |publisher=Golden Ring Economic Forum and University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore |pages=12-13}}
= Copywriting and advertisement =
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= Cinema =
Lucman produced, co-wrote and directed the film Pehla Pehla Pyaar in 2006, starring Resham and Ali Tabish.{{cite web |title=Pehla Pehla Pyar (2006) |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0806150/ |access-date=1 June 2025 |website=IMDb}}
= Music =
In 2015, Lucman sung a cover of the 1960s classic Summer Wine alongside Aima Baig, whose father is a friend of Lucman.{{cite news |author=Omair Alavi |date=20 November 2016 |title=The new voice in town |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/562166 |access-date=16 September 2020 |work=The News}}
Anchor career
Lucman has entered television journalism in 2006. He 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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.hipinpakistan.com/news/1147891|title=Mubashir Lucman leaves Bol TV, joins Channel 24|last=Jawaid|first=Wajiha|date=2015-09-14|work=HIP|access-date=2017-10-20|language=en-US}}
Controversies
= PEMRA ban (2014) =
His show Khara Sach was banned by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) in 2014 due to Lucman's outspoken words.{{Cite web |date=18 October 2014 |title=Pemra bans Mubashir Lucman's 'Khara Sach' |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1138827/pemra-bans-mubashir-lucmans-khara-sach |website=Dawn}}
Writings
Luqman has contributed newspaper columns in both Pakistan and the United Kingdom.
His books include:{{Cite web |title=Mubashir Lucman's profile on WorldCat |url=https://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n2009207368/ |website=WorldCat}}
- کھرا سچ : بابا جى کے نام / Kharā Sach : Bābā Jī Ke Nām, Jumhūrī Publications, Lahore, 2014, 208 p. On the alleged corruption of Independent Media Corporation (Pvt.) Ltd and its alleged ties with the Indian secret agencies.
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External links
- {{IMDb name|nm2270190|name=Mubashir Lucman}}
- {{Twitter|mubasherlucman|name=Mubashir Lucman}}
- [https://mubashirluqman.com/ mubashirluqman.com]
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Category:Pakistani television talk show hosts
Category:Pakistani film directors
Category:Pakistani investigative journalists
Category:Pakistani opinion journalists
Category:Aitchison College alumni
Category:Government College University, Lahore alumni