Orya Maqbool Jan

Orya Maqbool Jan (Urdu: اوریا مقبول جان) is a Pakistani[2] columnist, and former civil servant of BPS-21 grade.[3][4] He appears currently as an analyst on Neo News television show Harf e Raaz.[5]

Orya Maqbool Jan
اوریا مقبول جان
Born
Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan
NationalityPakistani
Alma materUniversity of Balochistan
Occupations
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
Subscribers735 thousand[1]
(February 2023)
Total views71.49 million[1]
(February 2023)
100,000 subscribers2019
Last updated: 22 February 2023

Personal life

During an interview, Orya Maqbool Jan revealed that he had a love-marriage with a student at the college where he used to teach.[6]

He has one son and two daughters. All his children are foreign educated from UK and US. On 13 May 2023, he was arrested from his house in a crackdown on PTI leaders and their supporters.<https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/13-May-2023/senior-journalist-orya-maqbool-jan-arrested-from-house>. [7]

Controversies

Criticisms regarding women's rights

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 QMobile 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 permissible, saying "Well, those women are going to be raped anyway. So why not openly declare them londian and bring them home?"[13][14]

Ban from Norway

In 2018, he was banned from visiting Norway for hate speech.[15]

Books

His publications include:[16]

  • 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. "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. Mustafa, Ammara (17 August 2017). "Our nation has been plagued by one poisonous scholar after the other". Dunya News. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  4. Malik, Arif (1 June 2018). "PTI leaders in a quandary over Orya Maqbool Jan's nomination for Punjab caretaker CM". Dawn. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  5. "The movement of female anatomy isn't endangering our culture, Orya Maqbool Jan. Your sick mentality is". The Nation. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  6. "Orya Maqbool Jan Exclusive Interview And Biography With Zunaira Mahum | Senior Columnist Analyst" – via www.youtube.com.
  7. "جنرل باجوہ اور سیاست کے اہم رازوں پر اوریا مقبول جان کا تہلکہ خیز انٹرویو". YouTube. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  8. Notezai, Muhammad Akbar (21 May 2016). "Why is Balochistan in love with Orya Maqbool Jan?". The Nation. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  9. Chaudhry, Kashif (25 June 2016). "Challenging Orya Maqbool Jan and Ansar Abbasi". The Nation. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  10. Hussain, Shujaat (24 June 2016). "Orya Maqbool Jan's hysterics are creating an atmosphere of fear among the teaching community". The Nation. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  11. Hamdani, Yasser Latif (12 January 2014). "Orya Maqbool Jan's attack on Jinnah". Daily Times. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  12. "TTP considering Ansar Abbasi, Orya Maqbool Jan as negotiators". Geo News. AFP. 3 February 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  13. "The movement of female anatomy isn't endangering our culture, Orya Maqbool Jan. Your sick mentality is". The Nation. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  14. "Six times Orya Maqbool Jan proved he is the ultimate misogynist | Pakistan Today". Pakistan Today. 2 June 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  15. "VIDEO: Norway rejects Orya Maqbool's visa for 'hate speech' | Pakistan Today". Pakistan Today. 26 October 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  16. Orya Maqbool Jan's profile on WorldCat
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