Segments
 NEWS NAMA
This is the
main news segment which is broadcast at 3:00 pm
every Saturday and Sunday. Basically it contains the
news related with Pakistan. Newscast is compiled
with the audio insertions from the world wide news
sources including BBC, VOA, CNN, ABC, Radio
Pakistan, Ptv, GEO, ARY, etc. Beside main news, News
Nama is further sub-divided into Sports News,
Culture News, Local News and Financial News.
Depending on the circumstances, some times there is
live coverage either international or local. For
instance, During the Earthquake in Northern Pakistan
in October, 2005, there were live reports from Azad
Kashmir, Balakot, Islamabad and Abbotabad and News
Nama was almost one hour long.
NEWS VIEWS
This segment
is a kind of radio editorial/column which covers any
particular issue in the current news in that week.
It is written and narrated by Saleem Syed every week
and airs on Sunday after news. Topic varies from
political, religious, moral, cultural to some times
local. Writer picks up an issue and gives his
opinion on it, describing the positive and negative
impacts and then ask the listeners to give their
feed back about the issue. Some times issues are
hot, touchy and very sensitive and become
controversial but are dealt with very calmly. A kind
of blunt commentary make this segment very popular
and interesting among the audience. News Views is
always followed by a song, generally making a link
to it.
 AAP KEE RAEY
This segment
is directly related to the News Views. Once the News
Views is done, listeners are asked to give their
point of view on the subject thru live calls-in.
Callers do not have to agree with the opinion given
in the News Views. Some times callers agree and
disagree even with each other but in a very
civilized manner and that is the beauty of this
segment. This segment provide them an opportunity to
express their feelings openly about political
parties, Pakistani government, American
administration, against different systems, domestic
and world politics. To give them more freedom,
callers are not forced to call out their names.
Keeping in mind that politics is the most favorite
area of interest for Pakistanis, this segment is
also very popular. Aap Kee Raey (Your Opinion) goes
on air right after News Views.
ADABI
WORKSHOP
As its name
tells, this literary segment is hosted by the
distinguished poet of North America, Javed Zaidi.
What a coincident, by profession, Javed Zaidi is
teaching proper English to Americans but he is a
wonderful poet of Urdu. It is almost impossible if a
literary person come to Houston and he or she would
not attend the Adabi Workshop regardless from
Pakistan or India. But the basic purpose of this
segment is to provide an outlet to all the talent,
famous or infamous. There are no restrictions on the
language of the literature either, could be Sindhi,
Gujrati, Punjabi or English. The main idea behind is
to promote the Pakistani culture with reference to
its literary aspects and blend it into the
generation which is born and raised here in North
America.
 ISLAM AUR
MODERN DUNYA
A very well
known and admiring persona of Houston, Dr. Syed
Mohammed Khalique is the host of this segment. He is
not a Molvi. By profession he is a retired medical
doctor but with a charisma of unbelievable
communication skill that touches the hearts of
people. In this segment, religious issues are
discussed in a way that you do not feel that some
preacher is trying to teach you. By using every day
examples, he tells you about the Islamic
applications, compare to other religions. It would
not be wrong to call it a comparative study segment.
To keep it interesting for the young generation,
time to time, Quranic references are quoted in
English and format is kept Urdu-English bilingual.
 LIVE
INTERVIEWS
This is the
segment that has no fixed time and day. Generally,
whenever there is an event in town, we do the
interview of the participating
performer/artist/player/politician, either from
Pakistan, India, other city of USA or in the studio.
If in studio, people call and greet them and ask for
a little piece of their performance on air. We have
a long list of these interviews in our ABOUT US
section to see. These interviews are an unscheduled
surprise part of our live broadcast since they are
very unpredictable. During those interviews,
insertions and clips of their performances make it
more interesting. Pretty soon recorded interviews
will be compiled under the category of Young Trang
Archives, for your pleasure.
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