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 !
Posted by Prod Q on February 28, 2010
Hour 1: Youth show with Eid-e-Milladun Nabi Special with Naats.
Download Here
Hour 2: Rabiul Awal Special Naat by Naila Mughal. Followed by a discussion on the topic “Rediscovering Islam in South Asia”. The discussion participants were Kashiful Huda of twocircles.net and Zubair Hudawi, a resident of Kerala and now doing research on Islamic Education in Jawahir Lal Nehru University.
The discussion was based on when the first muslims came to India.
The first Mosque of South Asia was Cheraman Mosque and the guests provided the historical significance of this masjid. This masjid was built in the 5th Hijra.
Download Here
Two circles did a series on the rich history of Malabar Muslims Click Here
Hour 3: Rabiul Awal Special. Naat recitation, updates from Rauf Tabani
Download Here
Posted by Prod Q on February 20, 2010
Hour 1: Youth Show and song requests ;
Download here
Funny conversations with ”Humein Maqbool Kehtey hain”, Nazim Aziz, Zafar, Salma, Sarah Khan, Ruby, Khan Sahab.
Funny clips from this show compiled by Shahrukh Hasan: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/video/video.php?v=1384328850795&ref=mf
Hour 2:
ABN Chicago interviews Renowned Politician, Student Activist, founding member of PPP, Mr.Mairaj Mohammad Khan on the history of Pakistan Politics, History of student Politics and the incident who turned the student community into a force against Ayub Khan’s regime by taking over a Convention League Convention in Polo Ground in 1963. Discussion on a dilemma of having too much dependence on one leader as opposed to have multiple cadre of leadership among political parties and the reasons for it. Level of disagreements within the party on various issues. Current situation. A number of people called and asked questions.
Download here
Hour 3 : Remaining portion of the interview and followed by the discussion on the recent initiative called “Aman Ki Asha” of Jang and Times of India
Download here
Posted by Prod Q on February 16, 2010
Youth show and song Requests.
Download here
Hour 2: Discussion on celebrating Valentine’s Day , Expatriots in Chicago calling in and giving their opinions against celebrating Valentine’s day and concerned about how this was celebrated with so much fervour in Pakistan in recent months and also the way TV Channels have promoted this event by doing special programs and shows.
This was followed by an Exclusive Interview with Veteran Journalist and News Anchor of Express News and popular show “Center Stage”. A candid interview on various topics related to the current electronic media. A number of questions were raised by the viewers on the selection of topics and bringing in same guests in almost every talkshow and too much dragging of issues such as NRO and others to a point where the common man lost interest. Also not focussing on the The state of maturity of media in Pakistan as it relates to the recent events and especially the misuse of the concept of “Breaking News” in our South Asian media.
Download here
Hour 3: Continued Interview with Fahad Hussain and followed by discussion on various topics. Listerners calling in for various topics of interest.
Download here
Posted by Prod Q on January 31, 2010
Hour 1 : Youth Show and Song requests
Download link
Hour 2 : Interview with Hockey Legend Islahuddin on his recent autobiography which is recently published. Listerners called and asked questions. Outside-right Islahuddin, who was vice-captain at Montreal 1976 Olympic , had emerged as one of Pakistan hockey’s most successful captains hockey where during his tenure Pakistani Hockey team won Olympics, Champions Trophy and Asian Games, World Cup. He was famous for his Dashes during Penalty corner and frustrated a number of famous especialist during those times. Islahuddin’s stint as Pakistan hockey skipper ended in a blaze of glory. Under him, his team defeated arch-rivals India in the final of the Asian Games at Bangkok in 1978 through a 1-0 win. It was Pakistan’s fifth gold medal in six tournaments at this level. Islahuddin was given Pride of Performance and also honorary citizenship of Houston, he was also an coach for of Pakistani Hockey team as well recently.
Just recently wrote a book ” A Dash Through my life” which was inaugurated in Karachi.
Download link
This was followed by Steve Bernstein who is running for Judge in upcoming local elections.
Hour 3: US local elections coverage. Interview with Governor of Illinois Pat. Quinn who is running for elections.
His website is quinnforillinois.com
This was followed by Toni Precwinkle.
Download link
Posted by Prod Q on January 18, 2010
Hour 1: Youth show and song requests by Zeeshan Farooq
Download Here
Hour 2: Discussion on the current cook county board president election campaign and discussion on why to participate in local politics and elections.
Download Here
Hour 3: Cook county board President and contender for the upcoming elections, Todd Stroger was in the show. The audience asked a number of questions on his election manifesto.
Download Here
Posted by Prod Q on January 10, 2010
1/3/2010 ABN Special Show with Ahmed Bilal Mehboob of PILDAT followed up by Discussion on the Karachi Bomb Blast and interview one of the affected person, followed by Zahra Jamshed of International Organization of Pakistani Women Engineers
Hour 1: Youth Show and Song Requests
Download Here
http://www.4shared.com/file/187503881/26694413/TR010310HR1.html
Hour 2: Discussion with Ahmed Bilal Mehbood of PILDAT
Download Here
http://www.4shared.com/file/187534789/f999c975/TR010310HR2.html
Hour 3: Discussion with Mr.Tajuddin President of Bolton Market Association, followed by an interview of Zahra Jamshed of International Organization of Pakistani Women Engineer
Download Here
http://www.4shared.com/file/187567863/56c66a46/TR010310HR3.html
12/27/2009 - ABN Show with Dr.Umar Memon of Urdu Studies who appealed to the audience for support of Annual of Urdu Studies Document which is having difficulties in publishing now (www.urdustudies.com) and also Interview of Dorothy Brown who is running for Cook County Presidential race in Chicago
Hour 1: Moharram Special
Download Here
http://www.4shared.com/file/182609407/b5d82f27/TR122709HR1.html
Hour 2: Dr.Umar Memon on his dilemma of Urdu Studies Journal (www.urdustudies.com)
Download Here
http://www.4shared.com/file/182657618/17c72fda/TR122709HR2.html
Hour 3: Dorothy Brown, running for President of Cook County
Download Here
http://www.4shared.com/file/182700188/5d21e67a/TR122709HR3.html
12/13/2009 - ABN Show with Renowned Pakistani journalist and TV Anchor Kashif Abbasi and Masood Chick former cricketer who is taking Under 19 team of USA to Australia.
Hour 1: Youth Show
Download Here
http://www.4shared.com/get/172166028/35e3f0a/TR121309HR1.html
Hour 2 : Interview with renowned ARY Channel TV Anchor Kashif Abbasi on the recent political crisis on NRO
Download Here
http://www.4shared.com/get/172202563/709df134/TR121309HR2.html
Download Here
http://www.4shared.com/get/172233012/b10c883b/TR121309HR3.html
12/20/2009 ABN Show Remembering the Fall of East Pakistan and the Stranded Pakistanis
Hour 1: Youth Show and Song Requests
Download Here
http://www.4shared.com/file/177497855/4a4ca68/TR122009HR1.html
Hour 2 : Interview with a Stranded Pakistani Haroon Rasheed from Dhaka.
Download Here
http://www.4shared.com/file/177526031/5fb07d9e/TR122009HR2.html
Hour 3 : Interview with Mr.Ehsanul Haque , convener of Pakistan Repatriation Council
Download Here
http://www.4shared.com/file/177562382/5de97a21/TR122009HR3.html
12/6/2009 ABN Show with Renowned Indian Historian Amaresh Misra and Azhar Usman.
Hour 1: Youth Show and Song Requests
Download Here
http://www.4shared.com/file/166811484/c713a29b/TR120609HR1.html
Hour 2: Interview with Amaresh Misra one of the few saner voices in India who did not blame Pakistan for 26/11.
and Political Activist author of “1857 War of Civilization”(wwww.warofcivilizations.blogpost.com) Amaresh Misra from Mumbai on the new findings of 26/11 attacks and his view of the new emerging leadership of Congress Party.
Download Here
http://www.4shared.com/file/166830285/76e5daba/TR120609HR2.html
Hour 3 : Renowned Muslim American Comedian, Azhar Usman on the phone from Belgium on his recent tour to Europe and also his upcoming event Make Chai Not War http://www.makechainotwar.com/shows
Download Here
http://www.4shared.com/file/166848624/8b905e85/TR120609HR3.html
Hour 1: Youth Show and Song Requests
Download Here
11/29/2009 ABN Show with Dr.Salima Ikram, renowned Egyptologist and other topics
Hour 2: Interview with Dr.Salima Ikram (www.salimaikram.com)
Download Here:
http://www.4shared.com/file/162229867/1e437281/TR112909HR2.html
Hour 3 : Other Discussion Topics
Download Here
http://www.4shared.com/file/162260165/7714c168/TR112909HR3.html
11/22/2009 ABN SHOW with Ali and Tribute to Professor Nauman
Hour 1: Youth show and song requests.
Download Here:
http://www.4shared.com/get/157431482/b8a98e2/TR112209HR1.html
Hour 2:
Interview with Ali Hair Stylist and Tribute to Professor Nauman of NED University by the Alumni
Download Here:
http://www.4shared.com/get/157456204/3c2a0674/TR112209HR2.html
Hour 3:
Tribute to Professor Nauman of NED University who passed away recently. Ali Hasan Cemendtaur, Sabahat, Riaz Haq and Sophia Hasnain were part of the discussion
Download Here:
http://www.4shared.com/get/157498959/1696fb5f/TR112209HR3.html
Posted by Prod Q on November 25, 2009
Hour 1 Youth Show:
http://www.4shared.com/file/152738504/8256cf6b/TR111509HR1.html
Hour 2: Interview with Rev. Cedric Prakash
Father Prakash is a Jesuit priest who has committed himself to the service of faith and the promotion of human rights, communal harmony, justice and peace for the last 30 years . He currently serves as the Director of “Prashant,” a center for human rights, justice and peace, and as the coordinator of the Province office for Integral Social Development (POISD), an organization which coordinates development, justice and peace works of the Society of Jesus in Gujarat , India .
Father Prakash is also the Director of the Justice and Peace Commission of the Baroda Diocese and the secretary for social communications for the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) for 14 Dioceses of the western region of India . Father Prakash is a liaison for the Local Capacities for Peace Project based at Harvard University.
He is currently a fellow at the Marquette University in Wisconsin. He talks to the ABN Radio on the situation of Muslim, Christian and other minorities in India.
Download here:
http://www.4shared.com/account/file/152770834/919781d4/TR111509HR2.html
Hour 3 : Interview with Mr.Harun Yahya from Turkey , renowned Islamic Scholar.
Download here:
http://www.4shared.com/account/file/152793754/611470e0/TR111509HR3.html
Posted by Prod Q on November 7, 2009
Hour 1: Youth show and song requests. Allama Iqbal Special
Download Here
Hour 2 : ABN Exclusive Presentation with renowned Pakistani Intellectual, founding member of PPP,Dr. Muhashir Hasan, renowned intellectual fouding father of PPP, Bhutto’s close aide, former Finance Minister, Pakistan’s first Civil Engineer and also the petitioner against the NRO.
He is also an author of two books “Mirage of Power” which discuss the personality of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and “Birds of River Indus”. He will talk about his achievements and his take on the recent political crisis that is looming our country.
A biographical account can be read here
Download Here
HR3 : Continued discussion with Dr.Mubashir on the current situation foloowed by Discussion on ICNA Relief’s efforts in USA. Mr.Ayub Badaat and Shahid Farooqi will provide information on the new issues related to the family are being followed up by ICNA relief.
ICNA Relief is working in USA from last 25 years and more. They are the only National Organization running by Pakistanis. We are totally focusing in United States. ICNA relief has recently started toll free “crisis hotline” to provide counseling to youth, parental and marital counseling.
Please visit them on www.icnarelief.org
Click here if you would like to donate ICNA relief
This will be followed by our correspondent from Karachi , Rauf Tabani and followed by Mujalla of Mushtaq Yousufi.
Download Here
Posted by admin on November 6, 2009
Hour 1: Youth Hour led by Khurram Habib
Download Now
Hour2: Talk Radio Chicago - Discussion on Parvez Musharraf’s speech in Chicago - Hosted by Dr. Mujahid Ghazi, Iqrar Bukhari and Jibran Ilyas
Download Now
Hour 3: Continued Discussion on Musharraf’s speech + discussion about youth
Download Now
