Hafeez Ullah Niazi

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Hafeez Ullah Khan Niazi
حفیظ اللہ خان نیازی
Born (1952-07-02) 2 July 1952 (age 71)
Occupations
  • Political analyst
  • columnist
Relatives

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

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Early life and family

Hafeez Ullah Niazi is the cousin of former Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan. His brother Irfan Ullah Khan Niazi has been a member of Punjab Assembly from 2022 to 2023. [1]

Another brother, Najeebullah Khan Niazi, was a politician and member of the Punjab Assembly. Hafeez Ullah's brother Inamullah Niazi is also a politician and served as a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab. Hafeez Ullah is basically an engineer of University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila.

His son Hassan Niazi, is a lawyer of Imran Khan and is married to a daughter of the Khan of Oghi. Hafeez's daughter has married into the former royal family of Swat.

Career

He contested 2002 Pakistani general election for PP-44 Mianwali as a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, which he lost. [2]

In October 2019, he was banned by PEMRA for 30 days. [3] He challenged the decision of PEMRA. [4] Later, the Lahore High Court suspended the ban. [5]

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References

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