JournalismPakistan.com | Published December 12, 2014
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ISLAMABAD: Senior journalist and popular analyst Rauf Klasra has joined 92 News Television and will host a talk show once the channel goes on air in January.
There are unconfirmed reports that Klasra will also be joined by senior columnist and analyst Amir Mateen. “After carefully examining 5 channels offers & options, I have joined @92newschannel and will be doing Monday-Thursday (10pm live show),” he tweeted Friday.
Klasra quit Dunya TV last month where he was co-hosting a daily morning news program “Khabar Ye Hai” and also writing articles and news stories for Daily Dunya, the group's Urdu newspaper.
Hailing from South Punjab, Klasra and came to Islamabad in the mid 90s and has worked with Dawn, The News, The Express Tribune and Rohi TV. He has also authored a book.
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