Syed Iqrar Ul Hassan (اقرار الحسن سید) is a television presenter and journalist.[3] He has worked at ARY News for many years. Previously a newscaster, he now hosts a program called Sar e Aam.
Incident
On April 29, 2016, Iqrar along with 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 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, adulteration[6]
Personal life
Iqrar Ul Hassan joined the Pakistani electronic media in 2006 as a reporter on 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 whom he got married in 2008 is a journalist. Iqrar-ul-Hassan and Qurat-ul-Ain have a son together named Pahlaaj Hassan. He got married a second time with another TV journalist Farah Yousuf in 2012 in a private ceremony.
Awards
In 2013, he got Agahi Award for “Anchor of the Year”.
In 2019, he won the 10th Pakistan Achievement Award for the “Best Tv Show of the Year” Sar-e-Aam.
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