‘Waqar Zaka tried to sabotage my career,’ Nida Yasir

 Nida Yasir has accused Waqar Zaka of sabotaging her position as morning show host.

Veteran morning show host of Good Morning Pakistan made the allegations as she made a guest appearance on a recent episode of the talk show Hasna Mana Hai, hosted by Tabish Hashmi.

Nida Yasir who has been hosting ARY Digital’s morning show for over 15 years now, said, “Waqar Zaka tried very hard to get me replaced. He ran a long campaign to sabotage my position.”

She also expressed her confusion about the entrepreneur-host’s animosity towards her.

Sharing the details of animosity, Nida went on to say, “He (Waqar Zaka) was very cordial towards me when he was working at the same channel (ARYDigital) but then he left. I had nothing to do with that.”

Nida revealed that Waqar kept sending emails to the channel’s management to get her removed from the show.

“I don’t know what I ever did to him,” she added.

The morning show host also discussed her notoriety in meme culture, referring to an instance from Shoaib Akhtar’s show from earlier this year when she failed to answer a trick question about cricket.

Nida Yasir said, “I try to avoid ‘becoming’ a meme but everyone scrutinises me as if there are no other morning shows.”

She continued, “I asked Shoaib bhai to not ask me any cricket-related questions because I don’t follow the sport. But the first question he asked me was about cricket.” Nida recalled how she blanked out completely because she wasn’t expecting the question and ended up saying the first thing that came to her mind.

According to Nida Yasir, while the trolling dampens her spirits, her family encourages her to laugh it off.

“My family enjoys this and tries to get me to see the humour in it because I often get depressed,” Nida added.