Jehangir Khattak

Bio: Jehangir Khattak began his journalism career in 1986 in Pakistan, working for a variety of English daily newspapers before becoming news editor of The Frontier Post. During the 1990s, he covered the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the subsequent civil war, the rise of the Taliban and upheavals in Pakistan. He remained President of the largest press club in northwestern Pakistan, and worked for international organizations like Reporters Sans Frontiers. He immigrated to the US in 1999 and worked for different Pakistani community Urdu and English language publications. He writes a weekly Urdu column and regularly appears in radio and television programs as an analyst. He is the communications manager for the
New York Community Media Alliance.