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Emal Pasarly
Born1974
Kunduz, Afghanistan
NationalityAfghan
Occupation(s)Journalist, news presenter,Writer
EmployerBBC
TelevisionStasy Ghag
FekerLari
SpouseFareba Pasarly (2003–present)
Children2 (daughter and a son)

Emal Pasarly is the multimedia editor for the BBC Pashto-Persian service and regularly contributes to BBC World News.[1]

Personal

Emal Pasarly was born in Northern Province of Kunduz, Afghanistan to an upper middle class family. As a result of the Russian invasion of Afghanistan, his family migrated to neighboring Pakistan.[2] He moved to London in 1993 and began working with the BBC World Service in 1996. He is the son of a well-known Afghan poet Mohammad Seddiq Pasarly, and the brother of classic writer Asadullah Ghazanfar, Journalists Esmat Sarwan, Ajmal Pasarly and Nazo Pasarly. He married Fareba Pasarly in 2003 in London and has two children Barmal and Shpana Pasarly.

Journalism

Emal Pasarly, has been working for the BBC for almost 20 years. He has interviewed a number of well-known Afghan and international politicians and opposition figures including David Miliband, a former British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for South Shields from 2001 to 2013, and was the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs from 2007 to 2010. His other notable interviews were with Mullah Omar, the leader of Afghan Taliban movement who controlled Afghanistan from 1994_2001 before they were toppled by US and international forces.[3] Pasarly has interviewed the secretive one-eyed leader Mullah Omar three times by phone in four- or five-minute conversations that were recorded on the spot without prior arrangement. The last such conversation took place late in 2001, after US B-52 bombers had started pounding Taliban-controlled areas. Pasarly later told an Aljazeera reporter about his experience of Interviewing Mullah Omar.

"The impression I was left with is that he either does not understand the nuances of issues, or that he is too smart and does not want to give clues on his inner thoughts".

Writing

Emal Pasarly also writes fiction in Pashto is the author of several book which includes two novels, four collections of short stories, a collection of drama and one non-fiction book about Online Journalism. Before joining the BBC Pasarly was the editor of a monthly magazine called DEWA, for Pashto literature in London.

References

  1. ^ Taylor & Francis Online :: Time - Wasafiri - Volume 26, Issue 4
  2. ^ EMAL PASARLY TRACKING AFGHANISTAN'S RISE
  3. ^ The myth of Mullah Omar - Features, Al Jazeera English

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