| Hassan Nisar | |
| Birth Date: | 5 July 1951 |
| Birth Place: | Lyallpur, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Occupation: | Journalist, Political commentator |
| Nationality: | Pakistani |
| Education: | Government College University Faisalabad, University of the Punjab |
Hassan Nisar (Punjabi, Urdu: ; born 5 July 1951) is a Pakistani journalist, newspaper columnist, TV news analyst,[1] [2] and Urdu poet.
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.
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.
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]
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.
Because his salary as a journalist was low, Hassan Nisar used to operate businesses selling dahi vada and tikka kebab.
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]