Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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Sohail Khattak is a freelance journalist based Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. He has worked for Pakistan's mainstream media including The Express Tribune, The Daily Times and Samaa TV. He contributes for TRT World, The National (Dubai), The Newsline Magazine (Pakistan) and The Friday Times Magazine (Pakistan). Mr. Khattak has worked on politics, governance, legislation, urbanisation, militancy, human rights, women issues, transgenders issues, culture, urban transport and traffic and civic issues.
Produced for TRT World Digital
The report is about rapidly increasing fake news in Pakistan. Its impacts on people lives and particularly on the news organisations. How news organisations are doing to avoid being washed away by fake news coming from social media. What the government of Pakistan is doing to curb the menace.
Produced for TRT World Digital
It's a news story on the struggle of Bomb Disposal Unit of Peshawar, Pakistan during the militancy when everyday they had to deal with bombs and improvised explosive devices planted by terrorist. The story show how the unit was established and how it managed to counter the terrorist changing tactics with almost no gadgets and resources.
Produced for SAMAA TV
It's a detailed news story on the transition in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan following it merger with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The story explains the hurdles in path of extension of policing to once the most restive and dangerous parts of the country where the Pakistani Taliban were ruling and running parallel government before they were curtailed through militar.
The feature explain the life of transgender in a street in Karachi, Peshawar. The street is named after transgenders since they were the first who started living in the houses built a land reclaimed from the sea water.
It's a report about Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf led Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government's one year performance in KP.
The report is about the centuries old tradition of Batair (Quil bird) keeping and arranging their fights. People have spent their lives with the bird. The report explains how do they train and hunt the bird. It also explains the lives and activities of the bird keepers.
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