BBC Pashto

This article will address BBC Pashto, a topic that has gained relevance in recent years due to its impact on different areas of society. BBC Pashto has aroused the interest of experts and academics, as well as the general population, due to its relevance and implications. This article aims to explore the different perspectives and approaches related to BBC Pashto, as well as analyze its influence in different contexts. Likewise, the possible implications and repercussions of BBC Pashto in the present and in the future will be examined, with the aim of providing a comprehensive and complete vision of this topic.

BBC Pashto
TypeRadio network and website
Country
United Kingdom United Kingdom, Afghanistan, and Pakistan Pakistan
AvailabilityInternational
EndowmentForeign and Commonwealth Office, UK
OwnerBBC
Launch date
1981
Webcastwww.bbc.com/pashto/bbc_pashto_radio/liveradio
Official website
BBC Pashto
LanguagePashto

BBC Pashto (Pashto: بي بي سي پښتو) is the Pashto-language station of the BBC World Service.[1][2] It was launched in August 1981, and reaches out to the over 50-60 million Pashto speakers in Afghanistan and Pakistan, as well as the Pashtun diaspora around the world.[3] Nabi Misdaq was its first editor.

Radio

Initially, the service only broadcast radio programmes - mainly News and current affairs, however, it later expanded by introducing entertainment slots, long form, features, magazines, hard talk and interactive shows such as Stasy Ghag Your Voice which is still very popular among its audience.

Online

In 2002, BBC Pashto launched its web page BBCPashto.com. In recent years they have expanded their presence on the social platform. Now BBC Pashto is available on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, and Soundcloud.

TV

On January 20, 2014, the section began its 15-minute daily news bulletins - Aired via its partner station in Afghanistan Shamshad TV, the bulletin soon became popular and had a weekly audience of around 1.5 million (2015). The transmission time was 1230 GMT/1700 Afg Time. Ismail Miakhail was the launch producer and Emal Pasarly is the editor.

In 2015, due to its huge popularity, high demand and growing viewership, the programme was relaunched and rebranded as BBC Naray Da Wakht (BBC World Right Now).[4] The new 24 minutes show goes live from London in peak time (18.00 Kabul time) on the same partner network Shamshad TV. The new vibrant, hard-hitting live programme provides Pashto speakers with in-depth reporting, analysis and interviews. It also has a weekly interactive segment, Staso Ghazh (Have Your Say), containing live phone-ins, social media round ups, comments, video, pictures and audio content from viewers. The programme is presented by lead anchors Sana Safi and Amanullah Atta.

Based on a survey conducted by the BBC in 2015, BBC Pashto content reaches 6.5 million people in Afghanistan, Pakistan and the rest of the world (2015[5]).

Female Editor

Safia Haleem[6] was its first female editor. She was born in Peshawar, northwestern Pakistan, and graduated from Peshawar University. As a writer and historian Ms Haleem has authored several books in Pashto and English.

Programmes

  • Stasy Ghag (Have Your Say)
  • Naray Da Wakht (World Right Now)[7]
  • Da Malghalaro Amil (Art Show)
  • Wama Studio (Studio 7)
  • Nima Narai (Half of the World)
  • Jor Taza (How Are You)
  • Khaza Aw Nananai Naray (Afghan Woman Hour)[8]
  • Global Newsbeat
  • Pilwazai (Art and Literature)
  • De Fekr Lari (The Path Of Thought)[9]
  • Rogha Sata (Good Health)[10]
  • Da Woonai Bahs (Weekly Debate)

Awards

  • Sony Radio Award for Service to Public Health
  • 'Team of the Year' at the first BBC World Service Awards, 2007
  • New York Festivals World's Best Radio Programme, 2007

Schedule

The radio service is broadcast on 31 FM stations in Afghanistan as of December 2024,[11] while the shortwave transmitting station in Al Ashkharah, Oman and occasionally the Woofferton transmitting station were known to broadcast BBC Pashto programming 5 to 6 hours a day as of 23 December 2024.[12]

Journalists

Some of its most famous journalists are:

  1. Mirwais Jalil
  2. Nabi Misdaq
  3. Daud Junbish[13]
  4. Ahmed Omaid Khpalwak
  5. Abdul Samad Rohani
  6. Sana Safi[14]
  7. Najiba Kasraee[15]

See also

References

  1. ^ "کورپاڼه - BBC Pashto". BBC Pashto (in Pashto (Afghanistan)). Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  2. ^ "BBC - Home". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  3. ^ "King's College London - Pashto Language Resources". www.kcl.ac.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  4. ^ "BBC - BBC's offer for Afghan audiences gets a boost with new daily live TV news show in Pashto - Media Centre". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  5. ^ "BBC - BBC's offer for Afghan audiences gets a boost with new daily live TV news show in Pashto - Media Centre". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  6. ^ "Amazon.com: Safia Haleem: Books". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  7. ^ "نړۍ دا وخت - BBC Pashto". BBC Pashto (in Pashto (Afghanistan)). Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  8. ^ "BBC - Afghanistan's Woman's Hour: providing support and advice - Media Action". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  9. ^ "لټون - BBC Pashto". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 25 January 2016.[permanent dead link‍]
  10. ^ "BBC Pashto - افغانستان - انځورونه: د بي بي سي پښتو زاړه يادونه". www.bbc.com (in Pashto). Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  11. ^ "BBC FM Stations Around the World". BBC. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
  12. ^ "Short-Wave Radio Frequency Schedule for BBC in PASHTO". Short-Wave.Info. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
  13. ^ "BBC Blogs - BBC Media Action - Daud Junbish". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  14. ^ Service, Sana Safi BBC Afghan; Kabul. "The Afghan translator who became a 9/11 millionaire". BBC News. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  15. ^ "BBC Blogs - College of Journalism - Najiba Kasraee". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2016.