[HCDX] RFE/RL Launches Radio Station in Pakistan's Pashtun Heartland

["Zacharias Liangas " <greekdx@xxxxxxxxx>]

 RFE/RL Launches Radio Station in Pakistan's Pashtun Heartland
 
http://www.rferl.org/content/Press_Room_Press_Release_Radio_Mashaal_
Launch_/1929887.html
 

Radio Mashaal Logo
January 14, 2010
(PRAGUE, Czech Republic) On January 15, RFE/RL will begin broadcasting 
in the local Pashto dialects to Pakistan and the border regions between 
Afghanistan and Pakistan. The new station - called Radio Mashaal ("Torch" 
in Pashto) - will offer an alternative to the growing number of Islamic 
extremist radio stations in the region.

"There is an urgent need for accurate, objective news and information in 
Pakistan's tribal areas," says U.S. Special Representative to Afghanistan 
and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke. "Radio Mashaal's commitment to 
professional journalism in the local language will be an important 
contribution toward peace, reconciliation and democracy in the region."

Veteran Pakistani journalist and author Ahmed Rashid says he hopes Radio 
Mashaal "will provide people the kind of information they need to make the 
right decisions about their lives."

One surprise in store for listeners will be the reappearance of Haroon 
Bacha, a popular Pashtun singer who fled the region last year amid death 
threats from the Taliban. The 36-year-old recording artist - whose dozens of 
albums, music videos and television appearances made him one of the 
most famous entertainers in the region - will be hosting a cultural affairs 
show for Radio Mashaal. [see The New York Times: "U.S. Refuge for Singer 
Fleeing the Taliban," 10/12/08]
There is an urgent need for accurate, objective news and information in 
Pakistan's tribal areas

The first broadcast will air live on January 15 at 4pm local time. Radio 
Mashaal's correspondents will be covering local and international news with 
in-depth reports on terrorism, politics, women's issues, and health care (with 
an emphasis on preventive medicine). The station will feature roundtable 
discussions and interviews with tribal leaders and local policymakers in 
addition to regular call-in programs aimed at giving listeners the opportunity 
to be heard.

Radio Mashaal will operate out of a new bureau in Pakistan and broadcast 
from RFE/RL's Prague headquarters. The station will share a frequency with 
VOA's Radio Deewa and transmit via FM and shortwave. Online, Radio 
Mashaal's website will provide a live stream of its broadcasts. 

U.S. MEDIA: To schedule an interview, contact Ari Goldberg 
(goldberga@xxxxxxxxx, 202.494.0388)
FOREIGN PRESS: Contact Julian Knapp (knappj@xxxxxxxxx, 
+420.602.611.008)

Also look at:

http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/czech-based-rfe-rl-launches-
broadcasts-to-pakistan-border-areas/421307
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\01\15\story_15-1-
2010_pg7_23
http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1103ap_eu_czech_radio_free_europe_pa
kistan.html
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-
library/dawn/news/pakistan/provinces/14-us-radio-free-europe-launches-in-
pakistans-tribal-zones-zj-07
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/us-funded-pashto-radio-a-new-
weapon-in-war-against-taliban/article1433624/
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