Rahimullah Yusufzai
Rahimullah Yusufzai (Yousafzai) is a Pakistani journalist. He is the Resident/Executive Editor of the Jang group's The NEWS international" at Peshawar bureau and is a op-ed writer for the monthly Newsline. He is especially noted for holding the last interview with Osama bin Laden.[1] He also served as Time Magazine's Pakistan correspondent. He is also a correspondent of BBC's Pushto and Urdu services in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.[2]
Yousafzai was born to Haji Adam Khan in Shamozai village of Mardan District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He received early education at his village primary school and then in public schools in Peshawar and Jhelum. He also studied at the D J Sindh Science College and University of Karachi. He was among the first journalists to report on the Taliban and visited Kandahar in 1995. He is one of the few bona fide experts on Afghanistan, having reported on the country since the 1980s.[2]
Yousafzai is considered a commanding authority on Afghan affairs and on the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan. Acknowledging his achievements in Journalism, the government of Pakistan awarded him with Tamgha-e-Imtiaz in August 2004 and Sitara-e- Imtiaz in August 2009. He got Sitara-e-Imtiaz for his achievement in the field of journalism for another time on 23 March 2010.[3]
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- ^ http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/behind-the-news-the-truth-can-be-deadly-20100319-qm3u.html
- ^ a b Fisk, Robert. (2010). Rahimullah Yusufzai: 'The Taliban respect me. I was the first journalist to visit them'. Available: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/rahimullah-yusufzai-the-taliban-respect-me-i-was-the-first-journalist-to-visit-them-1925423.html. Last accessed 22 May 2010.
- ^ APP. (15 August 2009). President confers civil awards on prominent personalities. Available: http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009�815story_15-8-2009_pg7_20. Last accessed 20 March 2009.
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