Khyber News is a News and Current Affairs Pashto

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channel in

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, which was launched in August 2007. The channel broadcasts 24 hours a day, providing news, current affairs programs and informative programs to the

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population of Pakistan and

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as well as those living in the

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, and

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. Unlike most TV stations in Pakistan, Khyber News programs are only in

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and

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. The main office of Khyber News is located in

Islamabad Islamabad (; ur, , ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's ninth-most populous city, with a population of over 1.2 million people, and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital T ...

, Pakistan. It also has regional offices in the cities of

Peshawar Peshawar (; ps, پېښور ; hnd, ; ; ur, ) is the sixth most populous city in Pakistan, with a population of over 2.3 million. It is situated in the north-west of the country, close to the International border with Afghanistan. It is ...

Karachi Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former cap ...

and

Quetta Quetta (; ur, ; ; ps, کوټه‎) is the tenth List of cities in Pakistan by population, most populous city in Pakistan with a population of over 1.1 million. It is situated in Geography of Pakistan, south-west of the country close to the ...

in Pakistan as well as in

Jalalabad Jalalabad (; Dari/ ps, جلال‌آباد, ) is the fifth-largest city of Afghanistan. It has a population of about 356,274, and serves as the capital of Nangarhar Province in the eastern part of the country, about from the capital Kabul. Jala ...

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and

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in Afghanistan and

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. Khyber News is watched in more than 72 countries.

Key people

* Kamran Hamid Raja, Chief Executive Officer * Jawad Hamid Raja, Chief Operating Officer * Mubarak Ali, Controller News & Current Affairs * Hamid Shamshad, Chief Programing Officer * Nafees Kamal, Chief Technical Officer * Ch. Muhammad Zubair Ali, Director Presentation * Asim Qureshi, Director Operations * Asif Ayub, Director HR * Saqib Butt, GM Presentation * Muhammad Idrees, GM Cyber Department * Aslam Bukhari, Web Master * Bilal Nasr, Manager Digital Directorates * Abdul Fahad, Social Media Officer * Naeem Qasim, Social Media Officer

Frequency information

*PakSat-1R at 38° East *Downlink Frequency: 3809 MHz *Polarity: Vertical *FEC: 2/3 *Symbol Rate: 7750 KSPS

Notable Journalists

References

Khyber News - Official website
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Key people

Frequency information

Notable Journalists

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