Birote - Journalists of Union Council Birote

Journalists of Union Council Birote

• First journalist of Birote who started the publication of first fortnightly TERJUMAN Karachi, was Ghulam Kibreya Abbasi (died in 1982) belonged to Khanal tribe of Kahoo East. His 16 pages paper was two color and read every where of Circle Bakote and Murree Hills in 1973–78.

• Mohammed Obaidullah Alvi, senior journalist of Circle Bakote, founder of Weekly HILL POST (1985–2002), ex co-founder of Weekly Hill News (2004–09), Executive Editor Weekly Hill Star (2012) and Parliamentary Reporter of Daily News Mart Rawalpindi. He has served as tutor in Allama Iqbal Open University Islamabad (1992–2004), and lecturer of Journalism in Jamea Al-Rasheed Karachi (2006–9).

• Ishteaq Ahmed Abbasi, Editor Weekly Hill Post (1996–2002). He served as Business Manager in Daily Sahafat and Daily Azkar Islamabad since two decades and in Daily Al Sharq Islamabad now. He is president and member of many social and welfare organizations in Islamabad, Rawalpindi and Circle Bakote.
• Saeed Ahmed Abbasi published weekly Akhbar E Kohsar Karachi in 1985 and 1988.
• Ata u Rehman Abbasi of Birote, published a Weekly Terjuman in testpaper size from Rawalpindi in 1996 but shut down after a few month.
• Fida Abbasi and his younger brother Sajjad Abbasi of Kahu East, UC Birote entered in journalism profession in 1990. They are living in Karachi.

• Kaleem Abbasi, living in Peshawar adopted Journalistic career in 1986, Shahid Abbasi of Birote Khurd in 1999.
• Shakir Abbasi of Naker Mojwal, Birote Khurd join journalism in 2008.
• Zafeer Abbasi is also media man from Birote.
• All national professional journalists started their career from Karachi.
• There were many students who preformed journalistic experiences during 1990–2000 decade. They published manuscriped newspapers on photostat named as Mektib, Zanjeer and Guldesta in Birote. These students never showed them in public.
• Galyat Circle Bakote Union of Journalists is a solo representative organisation of Circle Bakote journalists who are working with print media and electronic media in all over the Pakistan, established in 11 July 2004 at Government Higher Secondary School Birote.