16 Facts About Shereen Nanjiani

Shereen Nanjiani was born on 4 October 1961 and is a Scottish radio presenter with BBC Radio Scotland.

Shereen Nanjiani is the first Asian-Scots presenter in Scotland and the longest serving female news presenter at STV.

Shereen Nanjiani was born in Elderslie, Scotland on 4 October 1961 to Pakistani parents from Sindh.

Shereen Nanjiani is a second cousin of the Pakistani-American comedian Kumail Nanjiani.

Shereen Nanjiani worked on Hospital Radio Paisley for a short time in the late 1970s where she used to read some local news cuttings she had gathered during the week.

Shereen Nanjiani earned a job as a trainee journalist in 1983 with STV.

Shereen Nanjiani was called in to present her first bulletin in 1987, when Sheena McDonald was ill.

Shereen Nanjiani has hosted many programmes for STV, including religious affairs series Eikon and Secret Scotland in the late nineties.

Shereen Nanjiani hosted several editions of the Scottish Politician of the Year Awards on STV.

Shereen Nanjiani left Scotland Today and STV on 5 May 2006.

In interviews with the Scottish press, Shereen Nanjiani said that she was looking forward to other exciting projects away from live television.

On 28 August 2007, Shereen Nanjiani made her first STV Central appearance since her departure on the station's video blog, The Real MacKay.

On 20 June 2006, it was announced that Shereen Nanjiani was 'switching sides' to the BBC and she made her debut as a radio presenter on Friday 11 August as part of a set of changes to the presenting line-up of BBC Radio Scotland's news and current affairs programmes.

Shereen Nanjiani started her radio career at BBC Scotland at the helm of lunchtime programme, Scotland Live, which she presented every Friday.

Shereen Nanjiani appeared as herself in an episode of BBC police spoof comedy Scot Squad.

Shereen Nanjiani was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2019 Birthday Honours for services to broadcasting in Scotland.