Iqrar Ul Hassan

Syed Iqrar Ul Hassan (اقرار الحسن سید) is a Pakistani television presenter and journalist. He has been working at ARY News for many years. Previously a newscaster, he now hosts a program called Sar e Aam.

Iqrar Ul Hassan
سید اقرار الحسن
Born	Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Alma mater	G.C University, Lahore
Occupation(s)	Investigative journalist, television host
Years active	2006–present
Employer	ARY News (2006-present)
Television	Sar e Aam
Spouses	Qurat-ul-Ain Iqrar ​ (m. 2005)​ Farah Iqrar ​ (m. 2012)​ Aroosa Khan ​ (m. 2023)​ [1]
Children	1
Website	www.sareaam.org

Incident

On 29 April 2016, Hassan and his Sar e Aam team were wrongfully arrested^[2] on orders of the Sindh Home Minister for highlighting the poor security in the Sindh Assembly by bringing an armed man with him using media passes issued for the Assembly Session.^[3][4][5] He was granted bail a day later.^[6]

He has done sting operations in numerous factories, restaurants, police stations accused of bribery, corruption, and adulteration.^[7]

On 14 February 2024, Hassan and his Sar e Aam team visited Peer Haq Khateeb's place at Kotli Sattian to expose his tricks.^[8] He met Khateeb and debated.^[9] After some time on 22 May, he was attacked by unknown followers of Khateeb in his car at Gujranwala.^[10][11]

Personal life

Hassan joined the Pakistani electronic media in 2006 as a reporter on ARY One World (now known as ARY News). He began his news coverage profession as a newscaster for ARY News.

He first married in 2005 to journalist Qurat-ul-Ain Hassan. He married a second time in 2012 to TV journalist Farah Yousuf, and a third time in 2023 to Youtuber and journalist Aroosa Khan.^[12]

Pehlaaj Hassan, his son with Qurat-ul-Ain, is a child actor who played the character of young Momin, the protagonist of the television series Alif starring Hamza Ali Abbasi.^{[13][14][15][16][17]} His performance received positive reviews, and he was nominated for the Best Emerging Talent in TV award at the 2021 Lux Style Awards.^[16][18][19]