Orya Maqbool Jan

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Orya Maqbool Jan
Born (1956-01-18) 18 January 1956 (age 65)
Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan
Nationality Pakistani
Alma materUniversity of Balochistan
OccupationCivil servant, Drama Writer, Poet, Columnist, Anchorperson
OrganizationAl Ilm Trust
TelevisionHarf E Raaz
RelativesHaji Sarmad Mehmood Abbasi (brother)
Websitehttp://www.alilmtrust.com Official website
Orya Maqbool Jan
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2018–present
Subscribers580K subscribers[1]
(29 August 2021)
Total views44,400,000[1]
(August 2021)
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg 100,000 subscribers 2019
Updated: 29 August 2021

Orya Maqbool Jan (اوریا مقبول) is a Pakistani[2] columnist, and former civil servant.[3][4] He appears currently as an analyst on Neo News television show Harf e Raaz.[5]

Banned from Norway[]

In 2018 he was banned from visiting Norway after a video of his was seen where he called for opposition to Ahmadis and Jewish Lobby. [6]

Links with Pakistan Army[]

He is known as a supporter of Pakistan Army. After the appointment of General Qamar Javed Bajwa as Chief-of-Army Staff, Orya repeatedly claimed in his newspaper columns and Television appearances that Gen. Bajwa's appointment was directly ordered by Muhammad. He attributed this to a dream seen by a "spiritual person" Professor Shahzad from Karachi.[7]

Personal life[]

During an interview, Orya Maqbool Jan revealed that he had a love-marriage with student at college where he used to teach.[8]

He has one son and two daughters. All his children, including both daughters, are foreign educated from UK and US.[9]

Books[]

  • Girdbād : Balocistān ke qabā'ilī pas manẓar men̲ likhā gayā ḍrāmah, Quetta : Zumurrud Publications, 1996, 308 p. A play on socio-cultural problems with particular reference to the Baloch tribes in Pakistan.
  • Ḥarf-i rāz, Lahore : Sang-e-Meel Publications, 2005-2013, 1616 p. (in 5 volumes). Essays on deteriorating political conditions in Pakistan.
  • Qāmat : shāʻirī, Lahore : Sang-e-Meel Publications, 2011, 144 p. Urdu poetry.
  • Mujhe hai ḥukm-i az̲ān̲ : Z̤arb-i-muʼmin shāʼiʻ hone vāle kālam, Lahore : Ilm-o-Irfan Publishers, 2012, 336 p. Author's collected columns on various international political issues, published in weekly Z̤arb-i muʼmin Karachi during 2004-06.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "About Orya Maqbool Jan". YouTube.
  2. ^ "Pakistani school drops John Lennon's Imagine from concert after protest". Hindustan Times. 25 August 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Our nation has been plagued by one poisonous scholar after the other". 17 August 2017.
  4. ^ Malik, Arif (1 June 2018). "PTI leaders in a quandary over Orya Maqbool Jan's nomination for Punjab caretaker CM". Dawn.
  5. ^ "The movement of female anatomy isn't endangering our culture, Orya Maqbool Jan. Your sick mentality is". 29 June 2016.
  6. ^ "VIDEO: Norway rejects Orya Maqbool's visa for 'hate speech' - Pakistan Today". www.pakistantoday.com.pk.
  7. ^ "پیغمبروں کی تشبیہات سے 'ہمیشہ رہنے والا چاند' تک، کس صحافی نے کس سپہ سالار کو کن خطابات سے نوازا؟". 6 July 2020.
  8. ^ "Orya Maqbool Jan exclusive interview face to face with Zunaira Mahum".
  9. ^ "جنرل باجوہ اور سیاست کے اہم رازوں پر اوریا مقبول جان کا تہلکہ خیز انٹرویو". YouTube. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
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