Hafeez Ullah Niazi

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

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

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]

His second brother, Najeebullah Khan Niazi, was a politician and member of the Punjab Assembly. His third brother, Inamullah Niazi, is also a politician and served as a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab. He is basically an engineer of University of Engineering and Technology Taxila. (UET Taxila)

His son Hassan Niazi, is a lawyer of Imran Khan and he is married to the 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] Following the ban, he challenged the decision of PEMRA.[4] Later, the Lahore High Court suspended the ban.[5]

References
  1. "'Hassaan Niazi is Hafeezullah Niazi's son first, PM's nephew second'". Samaa TV. 2019-12-14. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
  2. "CM accused of favouring candidate". Dawn. 2003-01-07. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
  3. "Pemra bans TV analyst Niazi". Dawn. 2019-10-02. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
  4. Bilal, Rana (2019-10-02). "TV analyst Hafeezullah Niazi challenges Pemra's ban in LHC, terms it 'illegal'". Dawn. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
  5. Bilal, Rana (2019-10-03). "Pemra's ban on Hafeezullah Niazi suspended by LHC". Dawn. Retrieved 2022-09-12.


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