Background
Iqbal was born into a Punjabi Pakistani family in Uganda, in 1962.
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Education
Iqbal was educated at Garrett Green Comprehensive School in Tooting, South London, followed by the, from which she graduated with a Bachelor in American Studies in 1985. During her time at UEA she spent a year abroad at Trinity College, Connecticut.
Career
She is a special correspondent, reporting for outlets across the British Broadcasting Corporation. From 2011 Iqbal has also presented Newshour on the British Broadcasting Corporation World Service. She has also presented Talking Books on the British Broadcasting Corporation News Channel. She was previously the corporation"s arts correspondent.
Iqbal is a former arts correspondent for British Broadcasting Corporation News, regularly appearing in news bulletins to report on arts related stories.
She has also hosted the BBCs HARDtalk Extra programme, interviewing prominent figures from the arts including Sting and Jacqueline Wilson. In 2009, Iqbal applied for the Arts Editor position with British Broadcasting Corporation News but the role went to Will Gompertz.
Since losing out to Gompertz for the Arts Editor role, Iqbal has reported on mainstream news items for British Broadcasting Corporation News. One of the first of these was an investigation into a charity scam following the earthquake in Haiti in January 2010.
In mid-2010, Iqbal presented relief shifts on the British Broadcasting Corporation News Channel, as well as presenting Talking Books on the channel.
From 2011 Iqbal has also been a regular presenter of Newshour on the British Broadcasting Corporation World Service.
