Syed Talat Hussain

Syed Talat Hussain (Urdu, سید طلعت حسین; born 5 May 1966) is a Pakistani journalist, YouTuber, and former crickter. He currently hosts a prime time current affairs talk show on Samaa TV titled Red Line with Talat. Syed Talat Hussain is brother of Rifaat Hussainn a Pakistani political scientist, professor, defense analyst and television personality whose career in the academia spans over four decades.

In 2001, Talat Hussain played one List A cricket match for Islamabad cricket team. His son, Shamyl Hussain, has played cricket for Pakistan national under-19 cricket team.

Career
After the start of PTV World TV channel, he started a program called News Night. Before that, he had been an executive director of AAJ TV and had also worked for Dawn News TV channel. He has written articles for Newsline, Daily Dawn, Daily Times, Daily Express, and occasionally contributed to India Today and writing columns for The Daily Express.

He has held key positions of director, news and current affairs with Pakistan Television Corporation, Prime Television (UK) and Telebiz. Talat was director of news at Aaj TV and also writes occasionally for Daily Express, an Urdu newspaper, since July 2008.

In 2022, Syed Talat Hussain who had been a vocal critic of the previous PTI government and Imran Khan faced many problems during the PTI ruling period. He was taken off air by Geo News among many other things to cause him problems due to his reporting.

Personal life
Talat Hussain was born into a Syeds family in Chakwal District. Talat Hussain went to Sadiq Public School, Bahawalpur and later did his master's degree from Quaid-e-Azam University in Islamabad. He is married to his first cousin, Tehmina Hussain. They have three children together.His son,Shamyl Hussain plays u19 cricket and is really successful in his cricketing career.He has played the first edition of Pakistan Junior League as the captain of Gwadar Sharks and has represented Pakistan under-19 .He is currently completing his A levels from Beaconhouse Margalla Campus, Islamabad.

Current affairs TV shows by Talat Hussain

 * Sawaray Sawaray - PTV
 * News Night - PTV
 * Live with Talat - AAJ TV (First Show: 23 March 2005, Last Show: 29 Oct 2010)
 * News Night With Talat– Dawn News (First Show: 8 November 2010)
 * Live with Talat - Express News (TV channel) (June, 2012 to August 2013)
 * Live with Talat - AAJ TV ( January 2014 to May 2014)
 * Naya Pakistan with Talat Hussain - Geo News ( February 2015 to November 2018 )

Publications

 * State of the Pakistani Media, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, 1996, 26 p.
 * Journalism Education in Pakistan: Problems and Solutions, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, 1996, 53 p. Co-authored with Martin Loeffelholz.
 * The Basics of Reporting and Editing, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, 1997, 37 p.