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Hafeez Ullah Niazi

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Hafeez Ullah Niazi
Born (1966-07-02) 2 July 1966 (age 57)
Pakistan
NationalityPakistani
RelativesNajeebullah Khan Niazi (brother)
Inamullah Niazi (brother)
Imran Khan (cousin)

Hafeez Ullah Niazi is a Pakistani television analyst and columnist who currently appears as an analyst on Report Card at Geo News. He is a cousin of Imran Khan.

Early life and family

Hafeez Ullah Niazi is a cousin of Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan.[1] His brother, Najeebullah Khan Niazi, was a politician and member of the Punjab Assembly. His second brother, Inamullah Niazi, is a politician and served as a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan.

In December 2019, his son, Hassan Niazi, attracted criticism for attacking the Punjab Institute of Cardiology as part of the group of lawyers.[2]

Career

He contested 2002 Pakistani general election for PP-44 Mianwali as a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf which he lost.[3]

In October 2019, he was banned by PEMRA for 30 days.[4] Following the ban, he challenged the decision of PEMRA.[5] Later, Lahore High Court suspended the ban.[6]

References

  1. ^ "'Hassaan Niazi is Hafeezullah Niazi's son first, PM's nephew second' | Samaa Digital". Samaa TV.
  2. ^ Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (December 13, 2019). "Police take flak for not naming PM's nephew in FIRs". DAWN.COM.
  3. ^ "CM accused of favouring candidate". DAWN.COM. January 7, 2003.
  4. ^ Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (October 2, 2019). "Pemra bans TV analyst Niazi". DAWN.COM.
  5. ^ Bilal, Rana (October 2, 2019). "TV analyst Hafeezullah Niazi challenges Pemra's ban in LHC, terms it 'illegal'". DAWN.COM.
  6. ^ Bilal, Rana (October 3, 2019). "Pemra's ban on Hafeezullah Niazi suspended by LHC". DAWN.COM.