Salman Iqbal

Salman Iqbal (Urdu: سلمان اِقبال) is a Pakistani media businessman and media mogul.^[1] He became the CEO of ARY Digital Network and ARY Group in 2014 after the death of his uncle Abdul Razzak Yaqoob^[2] who was the publisher of Newsweek Middle East.^[3][4][5]

Salman Iqbal SI
Nationality	Pakistani
Occupation	Media mogul
Known for	President and CEO of the ARY Digital Network Owner of Karachi Kings
Relatives	Abdul Razzak Yaqoob (uncle)

He is the owner of the PSL team Karachi Kings. ARY newly elected Senior Vice Chairman of Pakistan Broadcaster Association (PBA)^[6] In 2017, he was listed among the 500 Most Influential Muslims.^[7]

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Result	Note	Ref.
2022	Sitara-i-Imtiaz	Sports	Won	Awarded by Arif Alvi, President of Pakistan	[8]

References

1. "Pakistan's leading media company to acquire 51 per cent stakes and management control of WorldCall Telecom". Gulf News (newspaper). 4 October 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
2. "SC (Supreme Court) to indict ARY CEO, Mubashir Luqman". The Express Tribune (newspaper). 13 October 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
3. "Master of many arts". Khaleej Times (newspaper). 23 March 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
4. "ARY Founder Haji Abdul Razzaq passes away". Dawn (newspaper). 21 February 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
5. "Newsweek magazine to launch Gulf edition from Dubai". The National. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
6. Ahmed, Abdul Ghaffar | Zeeshan (20 February 2017). "Pakistan Super League final to be held in Lahore". DAWN (newspaper). Retrieved 25 March 2019.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
7. "The World's 500 Most Influential Muslims" (PDF). The Muslim 500. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
8. "Alvi confers civil awards on citizens, foreigners". Dawn (newspaper). 24 March 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.