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Syed Talat Hussain

Pakistani journalist (born 1966) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Syed Talat Hussain (Urdu: سید طلعت حسین; born 5 May 1966) is a Pakistani journalist, YouTuber, and former cricketer.[1] He currently hosts a prime time current affairs talk show on Samaa TV titled Red Line with Talat.[2]

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Personal life

Cricket

In 2001, Talat Hussain played one List A cricket match for Islamabad cricket team.[1][3]

Family

Syed Talat Hussain is the brother of Rifaat Hussain.

His son, Shamyl Hussain, has played cricket for Pakistan national under-19 cricket team.[1]

Career

After the start of PTV World TV channel, he started a program called News Night. Before that, he had been an executive director of AAJ TV and had also worked for Dawn News TV channel. He has written articles for Newsline, Daily Dawn, Daily Times, Daily Express, and occasionally contributed to India Today and writing columns for The Daily Express.[4]

In 2022, Syed Talat Hussain who had been a vocal critic of the previous PTI government and Imran Khan faced many problems during the PTI ruling period. He was taken off air by Geo News among many other things to cause him problems due to his reporting.[5]

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Current affairs TV shows

  • Sawaray Sawaray - PTV
  • News Night - PTV
  • Live with Talat - AAJ TV (First Show: 23 March 2005, Last Show: 29 Oct 2010)
  • News Night With TalatDawn News (First Show: 8 November 2010)
  • Live with Talat - Express News (TV channel) (June, 2012 to August 2013)
  • Live with Talat - AAJ TV ( January 2014 to May 2014)
  • Naya Pakistan with Talat Hussain - Geo News ( February 2015 to November 2018 )[2][6]

Publications

  • State of the Pakistani Media, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, 1996, 26 p.
  • Journalism Education in Pakistan: Problems and Solutions, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, 1996, 53 p. Co-authored with Martin Loeffelholz.
  • The Basics of Reporting and Editing, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, 1997, 37 p.

See also

References

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