Sameena Ali-Khan Biography
Sameena Ali-Khan is a well-recognized British journalist and television news presenter who is currently employed by ITV Central. She is known for being the main presenter for ITV News Central. She received an award for Asian Arts and Cultural Society Media Professional of the Year in 2004. She was also the recipient of RTS Best Screen Personality Award in 2010.
Sameena Ali-Khan Age
She was born on December 30, 1967, She is currently 50 years as of 2018.
Sameena Ali-Khan Family|Early Life
Ali-Khan was born in Manchester, England, but initially raised in Nigeria, Africa, as a young girl, where her father was a professor at one of the country’s universities.[1] The family moved regularly around the world, Ali-Khan living in many places such as Hong Kong. She travelled extensively due to the occupations of her father, and this gave her a desire to learn and an interest in journalism.
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On her return to England, Ali-Khan studied for a degree in physiology and chemistry at the University of Salford, Manchester. Whilst studying, Ali-Khan launched her initial broadcasting career with a commercial radio station Sunset 102 in 1989. Ali-Khan completed her degree and followed up with a Masters in Art, specialising in TV features and documentary production, again from the University of Salford, Manchester.
Sameena Ali-Khan Career
Broadcasting Career
Sameena Ali-Khan began her career on a commercial radio station called Sunset 102 in Manchester in 1989. She then joined BBC in 1997 and hosted the program, Drive on the BBC Asian Network and Radio 5 Live. In 2005, she parted ways with BBC and joined ITV Central. She became the presenter of the East edition of Central Tonight. She took a maternity leave from the network and made her return by presenting the West Midlands edition of the program on 2nd February 2009. She currently serves as the main presenter for ITV News Central.
Author
In 2014 Ali-Khan published her first novel, as the co-author of a romance based book, written with her husband, and published by Mills & Boon. They use the pseudonym Riya Lakhani as the author’s name.
Sameena Ali-Khan Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of 800,000 dollars as of 2019.
Sameena Ali-Khan Married
According to Sameena’s blog, she is actually married and has two children with her husband. She has not revealed her husband’s name to the public yet, But sources say that she has an 18 years old son “Dhanyal Ali Khan ” and eight year old daughter “Sienna Ali Khan”.
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