Saad Haroon is a Pakistani comedian,

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, and

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. He is the creator of the first ever Pakistani improvisational comedy troupe "BlackFish", and was the first Pakistani

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in cities across Pakistan in his tour "Saad Haroon: Very Live". Haroon created and hosted the first ever English language comedy television show in Pakistan, called ''The Real News''. In October 2014, he was voted the second funniest person in the world, securing 59,213 votes in the

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competition.

Improvisational comedy

Haroon worked on "SHARK" in 2008, the first improv troupe to tour Pakistan and perform Long Form Improvisational Comedy. SHARK's tour included performances in Karachi, Islamabad and Lahore where audiences throughout Pakistan witnessed musical forms of improv comedy and a long form improv structure known as the Harold for the first time. SHARK's lineup includes Haroon,

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, Umair Pervez, Jaffar Ali, Daniyal Ahmed, Sohaib Khan, and Sana Nasir. In 2002, Haroon created BlackFish, Pakistan's first improv troupe, which was chosen to represent Pakistan in an international Theater Project at Contact Theatre in Manchester, England. Haroon stepped down as director of BlackFish in 2005 to pursue other projects but has continued to work on other projects with Contact Theatre. Haroon is also creator, co-writer and director of ‘We’ve made contact’; a half improvised half scripted original format play created for the British councils Connecting Futures Project which was performed in Manchester, England.

Open mic nights

Saad Haroon arranges Open Mic Nights which features aspiring comedians, writers, poets, and other talented enthusiasts.

The Real News

''The Real News'' is Pakistan's first ever English Language comedy show in Pakistan. Created and hosted by Haroon, the show pokes fun at current news events using political and social satire.

Conan (talk show)

Saad Haroon’s video sketch was selected by

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as part of the opening monologue for his show. “The sketch is about how people in Pakistan enjoy Conan’s late night talk show,” Nabhan Karim, the director of the video, told

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