Waqar Zaka

Born

1980-07-17

Birthplace

Tehran, Iran

Biography

Waqar Zaka is a Pakistani VJ-turned-television host. Waqar began his career by releasing the song "Nahi Parha Meine Poora Saal". He then became a VJ. He hosted a reality show Living on the Edge. Waqar then created and hosted reality shows XPOSED, King of Street Magic, Desi Kudiyan and The Cricket Challenge aired on ARY Musik. In Pakistani general election, 2013, Zaka ran for the seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan from Karachi NA-253 constituency, but was unsuccessful and secured only 31 votes out of 211,768 total votes polled in the constituency. His efforts were widely seen as a tool to promote his show Main Banoonga Minister. In 2017, he received an award from Abdul Qadeer Khan for his social and humanitarian work in the war-torn areas of Syria and Myanmar.