Agha Iqrar Haroon

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Agha Iqrar Haroon (Urdu: آغا اقرار ہارون‎ (Russian: Ага АКрар Харун ; born August 16, 1965) is a Pakistani research journalist and political analyst. He started his career in 1986. Since then, he has been working on different assignments with different international television channels and newspapers including ETN News agency Islamabad, Al-Jazeera Television Islamabad, Abdu Dubai Television Islamabad, Chief Control News Waqt Television Lahore, Geo News Lahore and Dispatch News Desk News Agency. He appears as regional expert on different television channels of Pakistan including state run television PTV News.

Haroon worked with different media houses such as Nawa - i - Waqt Group, Al-Jazeera Television Channel in Pakistan, Abu Dhabi TV, Waqt TV, GEO News, and Abb Takk. He is currently as Foreign Affairs expert at state run television PTV News and Chief Editor of English and Russian news agency Dispatch News Desk. Haroon is a Research Scholar of Eurasian Studies and has been teaching in Central Asia and South Asia.[1] He has written a number of research papers about development in Eurasia. Haroon won an International Award for his journalistic work in Central Asia.[2] He has received the Award of Excellence from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Kazakhstan.[3]

Early life[]

Born in 1965, Haroon grew up in Lahore. He is a grandson of Hifz-ur-Rehman who was a Pakistani archaeologist, historian and linguist and son of Abdul Aziz, managing proprietor of the newspaper Paisa Akhbaar.[citation needed]

References[]

  1. ^ Petropoulos, Antonis. "Interview: Agha Iqrar Haroon, Honorary Head, The Region Initiative (TRI), Pakistan". ecoclub.com. Retrieved 2018-10-27.
  2. ^ "Kazakhstan awards Pakistani journalist". Press Reader. Pakistan Today (Karachi). 9 October 2015. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015.
  3. ^ "Kazakhstan awards Pakistani journalist". Associated Press of Pakistan. 9 October 2015. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015.

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