| Talat Hussain | |
| Birth Date: | 5 May 1966 |
| Birth Place: | Chakwal, West Pakistan (present-day Punjab, Pakistan) |
| Occupation: | Television personality |
| Yearsactive: | 1990 – present |
| Children: | 3 |
Syed Talat Hussain (Urdu, Panjabi; Punjabi: سید طلعت حسین; born 5 May 1966) is a Pakistani journalist, YouTuber, and former crickter.[1] He currently hosts a prime time current affairs talk show on Samaa TV titled Red Line with Talat.[2] [3] 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.[1] [4] His son, Shamyl Hussain, has played cricket for Pakistan national under-19 cricket team.[1]
After the start of PTV World TV channel, he started a program called News Night.[5] 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.[2] [6]
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.[2]
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.[7]
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.