Patron-in-Chief

Aqeel Yousafzai

Having over 25-years of experience in the field of journalism, he joined media in 1994 and attained a prominent place among top-notch journalists in Pakistan.
Aqeel Yousafzai is considered an authority on Afghan affairs, militancy across tribal belt, Pakistan-US relations, Pashtun nationalism, cross-border terrorism and military operations, which are areas of his focus.
He is an accomplished writer with saveral books on his credit including ‘Talibanisation, ‘Operation Natamam, ‘Islamabad say Kabul Barasta Peshawar’ and ‘War Zone’.
Aqeel Yousafzai has worked in all mediums of media with national and international media organisations including Press TV, Radio Tehran, Dutch Press Agency and BBC, to name a few.
He has also worked with the Pakistan Institute for Peace Studies, Center for Research and Security Studies and ISPR. So far, he has published more than a thousand columns, investigative reports and articles in various magazines and newspapers. For the past several years, he has been hosting various current affairs programmes at the Pashto-leading Channel Khyber News, including KP Files, Dateline Peshawar and Dateline Afghanistan. There are more than 400 current affairs shows on his credit.
He has also worked with daily Aaj, Mashriq, Osaf, Frontier Post, Express and Akhbar Khyber and won several national and international awards, including APNS.
Tweets at @iaqeelyousafzai
He can be contacted at:Email: aqilkhankhankhan@gmail.com
Office address: 17-C Chinar Road University Town Peshawar, Pakistan.