Iqrar Ul Hassan | |
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سید اقرار الحسن | |
Born | [1] | 29 May 1984
Alma mater | G.C University, Lahore |
Occupation | Investigative journalist |
Years active | 2006–present |
Employer | ARY News |
Television | Sar e Aam |
Spouses | |
Children | 1[1] |
Website | www |
Syed Iqrar Ul Hassan (اقرار الحسن سید) is a Pakistani television presenter and journalist.[3] He has been working at ARY News for many years. Previously a newscaster, he now hosts a program called Sar e Aam.
On April 29, 2016, Iqrar and his Sar-e-Aam team were wrongfully arrested[4] on orders of the Sindh Home Minister for highlighting the poor security in the Sindh Assembly, but he was granted bail just a day later.[5]
He has also done sting operations in numerous factories, restaurants, and even police stations; these places were accused of bribery, corruption,and adulteration[6]
Iqrar Ul Hassan joined the Pakistani electronic media in 2006 as a reporter on ARY One World (now known as ARY News). He began his news coverage profession as a newscaster for ARY News. His first wife, Qurat-ul-Ain Hassan now called Qurat-ul-Ain Iqrar, to whom he got married in 2005, is a journalist. Iqrar-ul-Hassan and Qurat-ul-Ain have a son together named Pehlaaj Hassan (b. 2010).[7] He got married a second time with another TV journalist, Farah Yousuf, now called Farah Yousuf Iqrar, in 2012 in a private ceremony.
Iqrar tied the knot for the third time with Youtuber and journalist Aroosa Khan.[8]
His son, Pehlaaj, is a child actor who played the character of young Momin, the protagonist of the television series Alif starring Hamza Ali Abbasi.[7][9][10][11][12] His performance received positive reviews, and he was nominated for the Best Emerging Talent in TV award at the 2021 Lux Style Awards.[11][13][14]