3/21/2010 – ABN Show on Census and Rohina Malik

Posted by Prod Q on March 24, 2010

Hour 1 : Youth song Pakistan Special.

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Hour 2: Interview with Muhammad Mobin from Nasik, India, on his recent book on the post 9/11 events and the situation of the world “Nai Sadi Ka Azaab” his websites.

http://naisadikaazab.bizhat.com/

http://www.adabnama.com/

Followed by a brief discussion on current Healthcare bill and how it is going to effect the common man.

Followed by call from Rehmah Soofi of SAALT (www.saalt.org )on the Census 2010

For more info on Census in Urdu Click here

http://www.saalt.org/attachments/1/Census%202010_SAALT%20Factsheet_Urdu.pdf

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Hour 3 : Dr.Ghazi called in from DC providing the details of the Immigration Rally that was held on Sunday.

Rohina Malik who is doing a monologue on the story of five Muslim Women who are sharing their stories on the post 9/11 situation. Rohina is the writer and the performer of the event. The event starts on Wednesday March 24th – April 4th. Listen to her monologue she did on radio of a Pakistani women business owner on devon avenue Chicago.

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Rendevous with Raju Jamil , Khaula and Shaista Khan

Posted by Prod Q on March 16, 2010

Here is another very interesting and enlightening episode of ABN Chicago with veteran Pakistan TV actor, blogger, banker Raju Jamil. A veteran actor who started his career from TV in 1960s, an enyclopedia of our history of radio, TV and Bollywood.

Her Daughter Khaula Jamil is currently studying on a Fulbright scholarship at. She is a graduate of Indus Valley School of art in Karachi and just recently her book “Raw Life” was inaugurated.

He talked about his interest in Dilip Kumar films and then the current status of Pakistani TV Drama and films, his historical blogs, recited his father’s poetry. His candid views on the menace of commercialization of Pakistani TV Drama Industry and it has impacted the quality of the dramas. Listen to his inside scoop on the perks that the current actors are getting.

This was followed by Dr.Shaista Khan who discussed the efforts of islamic relief is doing in Pakistan and announced the upcoming fund raising dinner to be held on March 26th ,2010 featuring Alamgir and Younus Khan.

Khaula talked about the career prospects of Fine Arts in Pakistan.

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Congrats to our new member Saman Sheikh

Posted by Prod Q on March 10, 2010

As we welcome our new team member of our ABN Team, Saman Sheikh who is currently working as a Multimedia / TV Producer at Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Chicago WYCC TV- 20 , she has been elected to be on the board on the ” American Women in Radio and Television Chicago Chapter” www.awrt.org as a Public Relations Chair.

Saman is originally from Lahore and finished her undgraduate studies in Computer Sciences from LUMS.

She is the Pakistani “rebel with a cause” and our new addition to the ABN Chicago team. She also does a show on Chicago Public Radio, Vocalo.org (89.5FM) which airs every Saturday from 10 am to 1 pm. A journalist who has dabbled in print, broadcast and now radio, considers herself a “citizen of the world who will make sure she leaves this place a lot better.” Having lived in Nigeria, Pakistan and now the US for about every decade of her life, she belongs to many places and revels in the differences of cultures and people. She claims that “we really are all one and the same at the end of the day.” She hopes to bring a different perspective and speak about a multitude of issues which have yet remained invisible to us as Americans and Pakistanis. Of course, you will hear the rant and just so you know, she has a sense of humour which borders on sarcasm so brace yourself for a dose of that! She takes things that are meant to be serious a bit too seriously but then “sometimes things are just too funny to be taken seriously”!

She pursued studies in Mass Communications from University of Houston. Just a few days after the women’s day, I think it is a matter of pride for ABN teamand also for the Pakistanis at home and abroad for being elected as a “Pakistani Women Journalist” to represent the American Women Working Journalist Community. This clearly shows that Pakistani women can do a lot more than how those are being portrayed generally.

We are all proud of you Saman !

03/07/2010 – Masrur Ahmed Interview, Welcoming our New Team Member

Posted by admin on March 8, 2010

Hour 1 – Youth hour with song requests and listener’s funny calls
Calls from Maqbool, Ruby, Javed, Mrs. Farooqi (good one), Sarvat.
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Welcoming our new team member, Saman Sheikh who is originally from Lahore and now works for PBS Chicago Public Television as a Web Producer who has accepted to be part of our team. Also introduced new talent, Muhammad Motan who is techie and has excelled itself in fixing gadgets such as Iphone and complex computer equipment. followed by an interview with Masrur Ahmad (son of Late Munzir Ahmed)
Munzir Ahmad (1903-1986) was born in Delhi and went to school in Aligarh. He then studied law and graduated from Delhi University. Despite his literary lineage, he became fascinated by game hunting during his student days. His love for nature and the pursuit of his hobby took him to the jungles of the “United Provinces” where he spent 40 years interacting with nature and wildlife. Like most big-game shikaris, his long association with wildlife and “big cats”, brought about a metamorphosis in his relationship with wildife. Munzir Ahmad’s book, Big Cats of India, is a record of his observations of the lives and ways of big cats in their natural habitat.

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Hour 3
Discussion on various topics of interest with the callers and our new team members Saman Sheikh
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