Nauman Niaz

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Dr. Nauman Niaz during the Faysal Bank T20 2014

Nauman Niaz (born 19 November 1969) is the Director Sports & Syndication of the PTVC, cricket correspondent, writer, anchorperson and avid memorabilia collector. He is a recipient of the Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, Pakistan’s Civil Award for his contributions to sports journalism and broadcasting.

He has written articles for various newspapers and has anchored numerous live shows about cricket. He authored Pakistan Cricket ‘The Story of Betrayal’ (2010) and is the official historian of Pakistan Cricket. His book 'THE FLUCTUATING FORTUNES' commissioned by the Pakistan Cricket Board and launched in 2005.

Early life and education[]

Niaz was born in Lahore, West Pakistan. He was the third child of Mrs Nusrat Hamid and Lieutenant General Hamid Niaz (retd.) of Pakistan Army. He started his schooling in St Mary’s Academy, Rawalpindi in 1975 before enrolling in Aitchison College, Lahore. After completing his Bachelors in Medicine and Bachelors in Surgery (MBBS) from Army Medical College, he worked at the Holy Family Hospital in Rawalpindi. Soon afterwards, he completed his post graduation in the field of endocrinology. He is a member of the Royal College of Physicians (UK) and is also a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (Edinburgh). He holds PhD from University of Western Australia and a post doctorate from the University of Oxford.

Introduction to cricket[]

While he was a post graduate trainee at the Holy Family Hospital in 1999 he joined the Pakistan Cricket Board as Media Coordinator and was promoted to Manager Coordinator of the Asian Cricket Council. Soon afterwards, Niaz was appointed as the Pakistan Cricket Board’s media manager.

Controversy[]

On 28 October 2021, Nauman Niaz (along with Shoaib Akhtar) was taken off air by the PTV^[1][2][3] following spat on the popular show 'Game on Hai' with former fast bowler.^[4][5] In response to questions about it in an interview Nauman Niaz expressed regret and said, "I had no right. To err is human and for that, I apologize. Not only once, but a million times. Shoaib has been a rock star. Whatever happened on camera was unbecoming."^[6] Whereas Pakistan Television Corporation (PTVC) sent Rs100 million recovery notice to Shoaib Akhtar in damages and demanded to reimburse three months' salary for violating clauses of their contract in response to recent verbal spat on Live TV Show with Nauman Niaz.^[7]

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