Sunday, June 5, 2016

Good Morning Pakistan: Journalists Under Threat





In Pakistan's tribal areas, journalists risk it all to deliver the news.


"Where I come from, women are not usually allowed to get an education," says Khalida Niaz, who went on a hunger strike to convince her father to let her finish school.

Now, she is a radio newsreader for the Tribal News Network, which broadcasts across Pakistan's troubled border region with Afghanistan.

Reporting the news here can be deadly - threats by armed groups have shut down most media outlets. But Khalida and her colleagues know there are some stories that only women can tell.

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