His sister Surayya was married to K. H. Khurshid who served Muhammad Ali Jinnah as his private secretary, then later became president of Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
[1] Hasan began his long career in journalism and writing with The Pakistan Times, Lahore as senior reporter and columnist in 1967.
[1] Ghulam Nabi Fai, Executive Director, Kashmiri American Council, called him a courageous and principled journalist.
[4] On his death anniversary in 2011, Radio Pakistan held a seminar and a classical music concert where he was ranked by some people alongside great Pakistani journalists such as Mazhar Ali Khan and I.
[7] A notable Pakistani Urdu-language writer Iftikhar Arif called him one of the best translators of Urdu literature into English.
[9] Eleven collections of reportage, political, literary and social writings Edited Work Translations (from Urdu and Punjabi into English)