Aasmah Saira Mir is a Scottish television and radio broadcaster and journalist who used to co-present the Monday-Thursday breakfast programme on Times Radio.
14 Facts About Aasmah Mir
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Aasmah Mir graduated from the University of Bristol with an honours law degree in 1993.
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In 1995 Aasmah Mir had a brief stint as a reporter for the Daily Record and Sunday Mail, then became a radio researcher.
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Aasmah Mir presented a couple of editions of an Asian documentary strand for BBC Two called East in 1996 and some items on Desi DNA.
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Aasmah Mir presented episodes Just Write on Channel 4 and Around Scotland on BBC Two.
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In 1999 Aasmah Mir moved to London as a producer for BBC Radio London and started doing freelance news-reading shifts for the national radio station BBC Radio 5 Live.
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Aasmah Mir has presented items on the BBC Asian Network Report.
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Aasmah Mir presented the Midday News on 5 Live, Monday to Friday, until 9 January 2009.
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On 27 September 2012 Aasmah Mir announced on Twitter she was leaving BBC 5 Live after 11 years with the station.
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Aasmah Mir presented her last 5 Live Drive on 9 November 2012.
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On 29 October 2012 Aasmah Mir presented an edition of BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour and for a while replaced Julia Hartley-Brewer on the LBC 97.3 afternoon programme.
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Aasmah Mir was married to Piara Powar, the executive director of Football Against Racism in Europe.
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Aasmah Mir gave birth to a daughter at the age of 43.
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In 2021 Aasmah Mir divorced Powar, stating that "this was my decision so I cannot wallow for too long".