Anila Baig (born 1970 inBradford) is aBritish Pakistani Feature Writer atThe Sun.
Anila Baig, whose ancestors were fromPakistan,[1] was born and raised in the city ofBradford in 1970. Anila Baig had her first column published in the local newspaper at the age of 16. She then went on to study English at the university and trained as a teacher.[2] Baig began working as a journalist in 1998, when she joined theTelegraph & Argus newspaper as a trainee reporter, before moving toYorkshire Post as a columnist.[3] In addition to writing news reports, she also started a weekly column and won the Press Gazette Regional Columnist of the Year award 2004. She joinedThe Sun soon after, where she writes a weekly column and commententaries. She has also served as a TV previewer for the paper. She has also written opinion pieces for and has featured inThe Mirror.[4][5][6] She was also a finalist in the Asian Women of Achievement awards.[7] Although not wearing aHijab in any of her previous employments, Baig was seen onThe Sun'sFront Page donning theMuslim headscarf; however, she ditched the cloth early in 2004 leading to speculation that she andThe Sun treated this symbol of theIslamicfaith as a mere publicitygimmick. In 2006, she was signed up byVirgin Books to write her memoirs.[8]