The Real Housewives of New York CityDuring the reboot and cast changes, many speculated about who would stay, who would leave, and who would join.
So, ahead of the Bravo series’ 14th season, producers are reportedly eyeing Hena Doba, a Pakistani news anchor, to join the cast.
Hena, here, has been in front of the television cameras for a while now. According to her LinkedIn, she is currently the host of Cheddar Climate – the Fight for Change, Search for a Cure – Covid 19 and News Wrap for Cheddar news. Not to be missed, she previously worked as a National Correspondent for CBS News in New York. It’s a career for a first-generation Pakistani, let’s tell you about her parents.
Who are Hena Doba’s parents?
In an interview with Fairfield County Look, Hena Doba previously revealed that she grew up in Queens and is a first-generation Pakistani. Her parents moved to New York a few months before she was born. She said they did so not only for a better life but also to ensure that their children had opportunities they never imagined. “To this day, they still believe that anything is possible in this country with hard work, perseverance and discipline,” Hena said of her family and the United States.
Hena left with her parents until the September 11 attacks on September 11. She says she grabbed a video camera and left her parents’ house to try to make her way to Manhattan; interviewing New Yorkers along the way. That’s when her career in front of the camera began. After a few short years, she became the first Pakistani television presenter in the United States.
Meet Hena Doba’s mother, Tahmina Faraz
According to our research, Tahmina Faraz is Hena Doba’s mother.
Tahmina Faraz was born around 1957. So she will turn 65 in 2022.
Professionally, Tahmina is the CEO of KAM Sales & Services corp., a business entity registered with the New York State, Department of State (NYSDOS). The business is located on Pine Brook Ave, West Hempstead and is classified as a domestic business corporation. On her LinkedIn, she also mentions working as an ocean export manager at R&A in International Logistics from September 2007 to present.
Later, on her Facebook profile page, Tahmina also stated that she was working in the import-export department at PRIME Transport as of October 14, 2020.
Also, you know, a contract debt collection lawsuit was filed against her by DISCOVER BANK in December 2020. This lawsuit was filed in the Nassau County District Court, Superior Court in Washington, New York and is reportedly pending.
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What is Tahmina Faraz’s nationality?
Tahmina lives in West Hempstead, a village and census-designated place in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, on Long Island, New York. By now, she would have been a U.S. citizen.
Meet Father Hena Doba, Agha Zulfiqar
Hena Doba’s father is Agha Zulfiqar.
Agha Zulfiqar was born in September 1945. So he would have been 76 years old in 2021.
On LinkedIn, Agha Zulfiqar describes himself as the director of Wizz Professional Interpretation Company; having been in the business for over 25 years. Additionally, he states that he is a Certified Interpreter of the United States Federal Court and the New Jersey State Court in Urdu, Punjabi and Hindi.
We also gathered later that the company bearing his name, Agha Zulfiqar Show Inc., has been in operation for the past two decades; it is registered as a domestic business corporation.
Agha has two master’s degrees; one in Political Science and Government from New York University and before that from the University of Karachi. And while in Pakistan, he worked as a regional manager at Pakistan International Airlines.
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What is Agha Zulfiqar’s nationality?
Like his wife, Aha Zlfiquar is of Pakistani descent and is now a US citizen. But then, his daughter Hena is simply labeled by Page Six as “a Pakistani woman from Queens who currently lives in Connecticut with her husband.”
Related FAQs
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Are Hena Doba’s parents still married?
At the time of Hena Doba’s wedding in 2016, The New York Times reported in its article that Hena was the daughter of “Tahmina Faraz of West Hempstead, N.Y., and Agha M. Zulfiqar of Jackson Heights, Queens.” This would make it seem as though Hena’s parents were no longer together. But there is certainly no clue as to whether they were actually divorced, or just living apart, or just separated at the time for work purposes.
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How many children do Hena Doba’s parents have?
In addition to her, Hena Doba’s parents had two sons, Humara N Zulfiqar and Waqas A Zulfiqar. Waqas, who turned 41 in 2021, may have lived with his mother in West Hempstead; Humara, 48 as of 2021, lived in Jackson Heights, possibly with his father.
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Where do Hena Doba’s parents live?
As mentioned earlier, Hena Doba’s parents lived in two different cities, at the time their daughter married Andrew Ronald Doba. Also for your information, Hena was ‘Hena Nadia Daniels’ at that time, which was probably the name she took from her ex-husband. That’s right. Hena had been married and divorced once before Andrew. Andrew had also been through a similar situation.
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Are Hena Doba’s parents on Instagram?
Hena’s father seems to be completely uninterested in the whole social media scene. While his wife and Hena’s mother seem to spend a lot of time on her ‘Tahmina Faraz’ account on Facebook. She also has a profile created on Pinterest.