Mahr Tarar, a graduate of West Virginia University Bahrain .
She used to work with a Pakistani daily, but quit recently. It’s reported that
she now works with the group’s business channel. Another Lahore-based journo,
who has worked with Mehr, describes her as “competitive”.
Did she know Shashi Tharoor?
Well, in an interview to an Indian media publication, she said, “I met him in
April last year for an interview in India . Then I met him in June in Dubai at a social
gathering. Yes, I have been in touch with him once in a while on Twitter and
email.”
Tarar had come to New Delhi in December last year to interview Jammu and Kashmir chief
minister Omar Abdullah. He told Hindustan Times that he agreed to the interview
because there was a request from Tharoor’s office. However, on her December
visit, she didn’t get to meet Tharoor who was in his constituency in Kerala.
Mehr has also told a
publication that she kept in touch with the minister because she wanted to
write a book on Kerala. “I used to send him my articles and he used to send me
his comments, etc. But that was all,” she said.
Another Indian media
website reports that in her Pakistan newspaper column, My Corner, dated
October 20, 2013, she wrote: “Whether they read my tweets or not is
immaterial to the secret glee that at any given time I can gush over Amitabh
Bachchan's latest movie, swoon over Channing Tatum's eyes, eulogise Nicholas
Kristof's wisdom, retweet Imran Khan's wishes for Pakistan, smile reading Ronan
Farrow's inimitable wry humour (his movie star looks are just an added bonus),
be moved by Christiane Amanpour's heartfelt words on Syrian refugees, awww at
SRK's love for life, or praise Shashi Tharoor for his very cool words (man, his
voice is mesmerizing!).”
Interestingly, in the same
column, she also hinted at the presence of a "special person" in her
life without naming him: “...here's to that special one (you know who you are!)
who makes Twitter an experience to cherish...forever. Thank you...,” reports
the website.
Tarar was quite upset with the
whole Twitter face-off, but what hurt her most was Pushkar calling her an “ISI
agent”. On Thursday, Mehr told Hindustan Times, “Please tell Sunanda she can
call me anything but not an ISI agent. My son is very upset.”
