Hassan Nisar
Hassan Nisar حسن نثار | |
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| Born | 5 July 1951 |
| Occupation | Journalist, Political commentator |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Education | Government College University Faisalabad, University of the Punjab |
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Hassan Nisar (Punjabi, Urdu: حسن نثار; born 5 July 1951) is a Pakistani journalist, newspaper columnist, TV news analyst,[1][2] and Urdu poet.
Early life and education
[edit | edit source]Hassan Nisar was born on July 5, 1951 in Faisalabad, Punjab into a literary Punjabi Arain family which moved from Amritsar following the 1947 partition, his grandfather having been an intellectual fluent in English and Persian, who gave his name to the Farid Chowk in Amritsar, Nisar being one of six children.[3]
He completed his Matriculation and FA from Faisalabad and then studied Journalism and Economics at the University of the Punjab, Lahore.[3]
Career
[edit | edit source]Journalism and literature
[edit | edit source]Nisar's father wanted him to become a civil servant but he himself wanted to become a movie writer, beginning his professional career in 1972 when he was offered a job as a journalist, before writing poetry, film songs and editing a monthly magazine called Zanjeer.[3]
Television dramas
[edit | edit source]He has written television dramas, including Hawa Pe Raqs (2000), directed and produced by Abid Ali, a story about the conflict between a feudal father and his revolutionary son.[4]
Politics
[edit | edit source]He was a supporter of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, eventually being put in jail by Zia-ul-Haq and forced into exile in Saudi Arabia for some time, and more recently he has been a supporter of Imran Khan.[3]
Food business
[edit | edit source]Because his salary as a journalist was low, Hassan Nisar used to operate businesses selling dahi vada and tikka kebab.[3]
Host
[edit | edit source]In more recent years, he became a TV talk show host on Choraha for Geo News in 2008[5] and a political commentator on TV talk show Meray Mutabiq.[6]
Books
[edit | edit source]Politics
[edit | edit source]- Chauraha, 1996. Collection of columns published in Daily Jang.
- Zindah Insan ka Alamiyyah, 1999. Collection of early political columns.
- Bibi, Babu aur Bay Bas Awam, 2022.
Literature
[edit | edit source]- Kaley Qol, 2017.
- Adamkhor Nizam Ka Noha, 2021.
References
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- ^ 'People are misinterpreting what I said', Hassan Nisar explains PTI support comment Pakistan Today (newspaper), Published 18 January 2019, Retrieved 18 February 2019
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- ^ Geo TV talk show 'Meray Mutabiq' featuring Hassan Nisar on geo.tv website Retrieved 18 February 2019
External links
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- 1951 births
- Living people
- Pakistani male journalists
- Pakistani columnists
- Pakistani dramatists and playwrights
- Geo News newsreaders and journalists
- University of the Punjab alumni
- People from Faisalabad
- Urdu-language journalists
- Urdu-language columnists
- 21st-century Urdu-language writers
- Mass media people from Lahore
- Pakistani expatriates in Saudi Arabia
- Pakistani television biography stubs