Orya Maqbool Jan (Urdu: اوریا مقبول جان) 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]
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Born | Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan |
Nationality | Pakistani |
Alma mater | University of Balochistan |
Occupation | Civil servant, Drama Writer, Poet, Columnist, Anchorperson |
Organization | Al Ilm Trust |
Television | Harf E Raaz |
Relatives | Haji Sarmad Mehmood Abbasi (brother) |
Website | http://www.alilmtrust.com Official website |
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Years active | 2018–present | ||||||
Subscribers | 638 thousand[1] (29 August 2021) | ||||||
Total views | 53.11 million[1] (Jan 2022) | ||||||
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Last updated: 14 Jul 2022 |
In 2018 he was banned from visiting Norway for hate speech. [6] banned
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 the Prophet Muhammad.[7]
Jan has been repeatedly criticized for being an extremist.[8][9][10][11][12] Jan received attention in 2016 when he referred to a commercial of Q Mobile in which a woman wants to become cricketer as 'vulgar and provocative'. He has also said that women should not take part in political processions "because Pakistani politics are not Islamic politics and women cannot remain safe there and hence are responsible for whatever harassment they have to face in these very un-Islamic processions". When asked about Pakistani forces using captured civilian women as sex slaves he replied that raping them was permissable, saying "Well, those women are going to be raped anyway. So why not openly declare them londian and bring them home?"[13][14]
During an interview, Orya Maqbool Jan revealed that he had a love-marriage with a student at college where he used to teach.[15]
He has one son and two daughters. All his children are foreign educated from UK and US.[16]