Hassan Nisar

Hassan Nisar (Punjabi, Urdu: ; born 5 July 1951) is a Pakistani journalist, newspaper columnist, TV news analyst, and Urdu poet.

Early life and education
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.

He completed his Matriculation and FA from Faisalabad and then studied Journalism and Economics at the University of the Punjab, Lahore.

Journalism and literature
Hassan Nisar's father wanted him to become a civil servant but he himself wanted to become a movie writer, beginning his professional journalist career in 1972, before writing poetry, film songs and editing a monthly magazine called Zanjeer.

Television dramas
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.

Politics
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.

Food business
Because his salary as a journalist was low, Hassan Nisar used to operate businesses selling dahi vada and tikka kebab.

Host
In more recent years, he became a TV talk show host on Choraha for Geo News in 2008 and a political commentator on TV talk show Meray Mutabiq.

Politics

 * 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

 * Kaley Qol, 2017.
 * Adamkhor Nizam Ka Noha, 2021.