X

Abducted Afghan government media advisor escape foiled

PESHAWAR: Akhtar Kohistani, the media advisor of
Ministery of Rural Rehabilitation and Development Social Production Department escaped from the lock up of the abductors in the far-away areas of the district Upper Dir, 150 miles away from Peshawar, capital of North West Frontier Province, near to Pak-Afghan border.
“An unknown frightened person, who was escaped from the captivity of kidnappers, gestured for a pick when he was driving in the Doog Dara, remote area of District Upper Dir, told by a local driver to this correspondent. The unknown person identified himself as the Akhtar Kohistani, the abducted Media Advisor of Afghan government, revealed by driver. According to the driver the abductors chased him and unfortunately catch Mr. kohistani again when we reached to the area of Drum Dala.
When this correspondent contacted the District Police Officer (DPO), Eejaz Khan, he denied the presence of Akhtar Kohistani. He rather termed it as rumor. He said that a grand jirga held in Miana Doog area for maintaining peace and stability in the area. He said that we have also some unconfirmed information about the Akhtar Kohistani, but it will be pre-mature to say anything about his presence, because police has no solid evidences in this regard “.
A grand jirga of the elders and representatives of 25 village held in the Miana Doog area to decide the fate of the afghan refugees in the Doog Dara, miana Doog and other parts of DIR, told by a police officer of Shireen Gul police station.
“Kidnappers have demanded Rs. 20 million rupees for his safe release, told by Eejaz Khan,District Police Officer Upper Dir. He said that he has also contacted with Chitral police chief about Mr. Kohistani.
“Akhtar Kohistani has been abducted from the area of Daroosh, outskirts of the Chitral on November 03, 2008 from the house of hi father-in-law Shah Maither, elder brother of MNA price Mahaee Din, belong to royal family of Chitral, sources said.

Shah Zaman Khan: R E S U M E SHAH ZAMAN KHAN Floor # 05, Badshah Tower, Khyber Super Market, near Qayyum Stadium, Peshawar Saddar, Peshawar Cantt: 25000 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. Office: 92-91-5287868, 5287895 Fax: 92-91-5287719 Cell: 92-301-8250978, 92-300-5892308 E-mail: shahzaman99@yahoo.com shahzaman99@hotmail.com Domicile: Mardan city (Khyber Pakhtunkhawa) Sex: Male Marital Status: Married Date of Birth: 01.03.1976 N.I.C NO: 6101-1278229-7 Languages: Pashto; Urdu; & English Experience: Nine Years JOB (S) Geo TV [Feb 2003 till to date] Assignment Editor/Reporter Working as Assignment Editor at Geo TV, Peshawar [North Western Pakistan] Bureau, and responsible for all the breaking news, news packages and all kind of live and routine coverage of the events. Responsible for the arrangements and deployment of all the teams for the coverage of events. Responsible for assigning duties, stories and news packages. Also worked as Reporter and covered events and filed stories about the same and produce news packages, features and short documentaries on a wide range of issues like educational, political, social issues, with spatiality of refuges issue in Tribal belt and other issues of human interest. Produce and direct small documentaries, use digital PD150 Camera, edit documentaries on NLE machine, write scripts for my stories. Visited most of the parts of the Tribal Belt for making stories. Daily Khyber Mail International [Nov 2001-Oct 2003] Staff Reporter/Sub-Editor Serving as Staff Reporter the daily Khyber Mail International. I was responsible for attending events and happenings and filing stories (in English) on the same, besides stories on politics, health, education, covered NWFP Assembly, besides doing many investigative stories. Many of the stories, investigative and analytical pieces on a wide range of issues. Also served as a sub-editor and edited stories for city and districts and front pages of the newspaper. Magazine Business Channel Peshawar [July 2000-June 2001] Sub-Editor/Writer Worked as sub-editor and wrote articles on business issues. The University News Bulletin (Peshawar University) [1999-2000] Reporter Filed stories of the educational events at University of Peshawar. AWARDS AND APPRECIATION 1. Obtained appreciation letters and best awards on special coverage of the heinous earthquake on 05 Oct, 2005 in the history of Pakistan and Lawyer’s Movement against military dictatorship of General Pervez Musharraf in 2007 in Pakistan. 2- Award by NWFP Government, UNCIEF and WHO on active contribution and coverage in the field of immunization and other health issues on 28 Sep, 2009. ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS Degree Subject[s] University/Institute Year M.A [16th level] Journalism and Mass Communication Journalism Department University of Peshawar 2000 B.A [14th level] English Literature Islamia College Peshawar 1998 F. Sc [12th level] Pre-Medical Islamia College Peshawar 1997 S. S. C [10th level] Science GHS Sawal Dher, Mardan 1994 RESEARCH THESIS “Bridging the Information Gap: The case of SDNP, Pakistan” TRAININGS AND WORKSHOPS ATTENDED Workshop on the “Role of Information & Communication Technologies (ICTs) in Rural Development and inauguration of a Cyber Community Centre” at Al-Asar Academy, Usterzai Payan, Kohat. Workshop on Internet Access & Effective Searching Techniques for the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Peshawar. 4-days seminar on “NWFP Press Clubs: Role and Responsibilities”, arranged in collaboration with FES, IUCN, SDNP & Peshawar Press Club at Peshawar University Summer Camp, Baragali. ETC….. COMPUTER SKILLS MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, FrontPage) E-Commerce/Web Hosting &Web page Developing/Designing (Dream weaver, Flash, Adobe Photoshop, FrontPage HTML/DHTML, JavaScript, VB Script, CSS, C Language, SQL, Pearl, CFML, XML, ASP, and Java Applets) A+ Hardware/General Troubleshooting Internet Cool Edit Pro and Final Cut Pro REFERENCES 1. Imtiaz Ali, Analyst, Fellow Institute for Social Policy and Understanding [ISPU], Washington DC 001 203 444 1152 Email: imtiaz999@gmail.com 2. Mukhtar Ahmad Khan, Analyst AfPak Watch 703 577 6683, Arlington VA, USA Email: mahmadllc@yahoo.com 3. Mr. Raheemullah Yusufzai Senior Journalist and Resident Editor, The News International Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan ++92-91-314-9022425 ++92-91-91-5276227 Email: rahimyusufzai@yahoo.com 4. Mr. Abdullah Jan Bureau Chief, Geo News, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan ++92-91-301-8581292 ++92-91-91-5252227 Email: abdullah.jan@geo.tv 5. Dr Shah Jahan Sayed, PhD (Münster, Germany) Professor, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Peshawar. Tel: ++92-91-9216833 Email: shahjehansayed@hotmail.com, shahjehansayed@gmail.com 6. Tahir Khan Editor NNI Islamabad Pakistan ++92-300-5276676 ++92-333-5283057 Email: tahirreporter@hotmail.com
Related Post