Saad Haroon is...the second funniest person in the world!

E-Paper | May 04, 2026

Pakistan's very own stand-up comedian Saad Haroon managed to bag the second position in the finals of Laugh Factory's Funniest Person in the World competition.

The winners were determined via an online voting system. Voting started on October 24 and continued until October 27, during which Ismo Leikola from Finland managed to secure 158,945 votes, making him the competition's winner, whereas Haroon was the runner-up with 59,213 votes.

There were five finalists which included Mustapha El Atrassi from France who came in third, Nitin Mirani from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) who came in fourth and lastly, Archie from Spain.

Saad is been behind many of the firsts in Pakistan: the first ever Pakistani improvisational comedy troupe 'BlackFish', his show The Real News being Pakistan's first ever English language comedy show and Saad Haroon: Very Live was Pakistan's first ever solo English language stand-up comedy tour which was also adapted into a television series of the same name.

Haroon thanked fans for their support and expressed his gratitude on his Facebook page:

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Nabeela

Oct 28, 2014 12:35pm

Congratulations Saad Haroon on this achievement.

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Pakistani

Oct 28, 2014 12:36pm

i wonder ! Why Amir Liaqat did not participate in the competition,He could have secured third position with an ease !

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S.M.Shabbir

Oct 28, 2014 12:38pm

Well done , good works start ,let the world recalls us as a nation with soft image

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Faran Ali

Oct 28, 2014 12:44pm

Congratulations Saad

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Umer

Oct 28, 2014 01:00pm

yeyyy

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Raju

Oct 28, 2014 01:41pm

Our whole nation is funny...btw..congratulations Saad

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Khurram

Oct 28, 2014 01:43pm

We have jokers in every nook and corner of our country. Good job Saad Haroon.

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Moiz Omar

Oct 28, 2014 02:02pm

Congrats Saad!

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Sreenath

Oct 28, 2014 02:08pm

Hearty Congratulations to Mr Saad Haroon

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Pramod Kumar Pandey

Oct 28, 2014 02:30pm

It is really nice.

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Jeena

Oct 28, 2014 02:56pm

Imran khan could have for the first prize if he had participated.

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Another Pakistani

Oct 28, 2014 02:57pm

@Pakistani now that's funny! You should have been in the competition

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prism

Oct 28, 2014 02:57pm

who is he?

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sameer

Oct 28, 2014 03:02pm

Congratulation Mr. Saad. ( I just knew about him from this news. then straight to Youtube and checked out his some shows. But dont know, it was boring. I may be wrong about him. but i really found his act boring. and I was like, he was trying to mimic Russel peters. )

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kashif

Oct 28, 2014 03:09pm

Bohat Tight Haroon..I wish n pray that you continue your good with lots of success. Pakistan Always Zindabad.

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MAU

Oct 28, 2014 03:42pm

Boy ! Be aware ! You are in direct competition with all members of Parliament. You can not win against this lot

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Muhammad saadullah

Oct 28, 2014 05:58pm

Mashallah that is cool...........Saad bahi best of luck for future

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Oct 28, 2014 06:07pm

Congratulations from India!

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Asif

Oct 28, 2014 06:27pm

Can they vote again? I want to nominate Zaid Hamid as a contestant.

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atif

Oct 28, 2014 06:33pm

how come the first prize was not given to cm sindh qaim ali shah?

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tauseef rasheed

Oct 28, 2014 07:55pm

Good to know a Pakistani has won and reached the top of world funnies man. Congrats and come back to entertain the Pakistanis also.

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Talha

Oct 28, 2014 07:56pm

Well done Saad bhai. Hopefully this would be the beginning of a new successful journey for you. You are a very good comedian bro!!

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Saft74

Oct 28, 2014 08:02pm

@sameer Who knows? May be it's the opposite !

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Warrior Bin Qasim

Oct 28, 2014 08:21pm

@prism : You don't know him. Now go back to star plus.

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sara barcha

Oct 28, 2014 10:01pm

Good job.....! Keep it up.

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Imran

Oct 29, 2014 04:21am

Congrats Buddy:)

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Swagatam

Oct 29, 2014 03:35pm

Congratulations to Mr. Haroon on this precious achievement !

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