Islamabad Tonight

Islamabad Tonight is a leading current affairs programnme from Islamabad

Islamabad

Islamabad is the capital of Pakistan and the tenth largest city in the country. Located within the Islamabad Capital Territory , the population of the city has grown from 100,000 in 1951 to 1.7 million in 2011...

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Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

, hosted by Nadeem Malik. Islamabad Tonight launched in December 2008 has become one of the most popular current affairs discussion programme. A forum where leading lights of the country participate to discuss and suggest solutions of the national thorny issues impacting Pakistan, like security, terrorism, economic meltdown and political games being played in Islamabad.

This daily programme is one of the prime time talk shows of AAJ TV

AAJ TV

AAJ TV is a 24 hour Pakistani news television channel. Aaj in English means "Today".-Channel and its Programmes:AAJ News was initially started on March 23, 2005 by the Business Recorder Group...

and goes on air from Monday to Friday at 8 p.m. The programme gives independent news analysis of the key events shaping the future of Pakistan. Leading lights of Islamabad, top government functionaries and seasoned politicians participate in discussions on topical issues of national and international importance.

Islamabad Tonight is one of the flagship shows of AAJ TV http://aaj.tv/programme/182_info.html. Hosted by Nadeem Malik, a senior Pakistani journalist, Islamabad Tonight is a popular current affairs programme.
It covered wide ranging national issues, like security, terrorism, foreign policy, politics and economy. In August 2009, Islamabad Tonight presented a special one on one interview with Pakistani nuclear scientist Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan (Dr. A Q Khan), where he detailed his role in the nuclear field, development of Pakistan's nuclear story and how he inter-acted with Iran, North Korea and other countries http://awaz.tv/playvideo.asp?pageId=5184.
Many programmes on war on terror brought new and detailed information on security issues, like interview of former DG ISI Hamid Gul http://awaz.tv/playvideo.asp?pageId=5343, interview with Cliff May and Brig, Mahmood http://awaz.tv/playvideo.asp?pageId=5786, Seymour Hersh http://awaz.tv/playvideo.asp?pageId=6217, or on religious harmony with Dr, Israr Ahmed, Mufti Taqi Usmani, Justice Khalilur Rehmanhttp://awaz.tv/playvideo.asp?pageId=6578, or civil-military relations in Pakistan with Admiral Fasih Bokhari http://awaz.tv/playvideo.asp?pageId=5219, Gen Moeenuddin Haider and Javed Jabbar http://awaz.tv/playvideo.asp?pageId=7062, General Shahid Aziz http://awaz.tv/playvideo.asp?pageId=6472 and programmes with former Army Chief General Mirza Aslam Baig, former DG ISI General Asad Durrani http://awaz.tv/playvideo.asp?pageId=5927 need special mention.
On domestic law & order and internal security, Islamabad Tonight covered key issues like Balochistan http://awaz.tv/playvideo.asp?pageId=6228, violence in Karachi http://awaz.tv/playvideo.asp?pageId=7018 in details.

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