Experience
Current Position: Professor of Mass Communication at FCCU, Lahore.
Spring 2018, Glidden visiting professor at Institute for International Journalism at Scripps School of Journalism, Ohio University. https://www.facebook.com/scrippsjournalism/videos/1771397469538140/
University of Peshawar
Professor of Journalism & Mass Communication at JMC, UoP. Worked at UoP from 1990 till November 1, 2018.
Chairman Department of JMC, UoP, from 2010 to February 2017.
Head of DW (Voice of Germany), Urdu Service in Bonn (2012-2013)
International Projects Management:
Project Director, USIP (United States Institute for Peace) 2008: Training of journalists in Fata on social sector reporting.
USIP: Peace-building officer Pakistan, cross-border capacity building project, Pakistan and Afghanistan 2010-11).
Also wrote a peacebrief in collaboration with Mary Hope Schwobel. Flooding Challenges Pakistan’s Government and the International Community. Link is as following : http://www.usip.org/publications/flooding-challenges-pakistans-government-and-the-international-community
Director Independent Project Reporting (IPR). IPR is an initiative between GIZ, FDP, and the University of Peshawar.
http://www.iprjmc.org.pk/about-us/independent-project-reporting/
http://www.iprjmc.org.pk/author/altaf/
Media Management and Engagement Coordinator, NOC, Polio Eradication Initiative in Pakistan, February 28th to April 9th, 2012. Duty station Islamabad.

Coordinator Competence and Trauma Centre for Journalists (CTCJ) at UoP. The initiative was supported by DW Akademie, Germany.
Reporting from Conflict Zones. Virtual classroom between JMC, University of Peshawar and International Journalism Students in RMIT Melbourne, with the technological and conceptual support from Stanford University. https://lagunita.stanford.edu/courses/course-v1:Education+VSE102+ongoing/about

Education
2004 Ph.D: Chair of Institute for Communication Studies, University of Leipzig.
(Topic: Profile of Journalists in Peshawar)
1990 Master in Journalism (Gold Medalist) Department of Journalism University of Peshawar
1986 B.A. University of Peshawar: Main Subjects Islamic Studies & Political Science

Awards and Acknowledgements
Senior Fulbright Fellow at Canter for International Studies & Scripps School of Communication, Ohio University (September 2008-June 2009).
DAAD PhD Scholarship at Institute for KMW, University of Leipzig (1999-2004).

Publications
Books:
Reporting the Frontier: Media Capacity Building for Peace in Pakistan’s Tribal Areas. VDM Verlag Dr. Müller e.K. June 2011.
News Media and Journalism in Pakistan. LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. June 2011.
News Media and Journalism in Pakistan and Germany (Ed.). Peshawar: Owais Publishers 2003.
Indo Pak Press: an unpopular view. Lahore: A.H. Publishers 1998.
Translation of two Books of Khalil Gibran from English into Pashto: –
3. The Prophet
4. Sand and Foam
Chapter in Book
Bacha Khan: The Legacy of Hope and Perseverance: In: Partition of India: Postcolonial legacies. (Ed. Amit Ranjan), Routledge, Oxen, 2019, pp. 223-233.
The Human face of FATA: Role of Media in the Building of FATA’s Image: In: Socio-Economic And Political Currents in FATA: A way Forward (Ed. Syed Hussain Shaheed Soharwordi, Associate Prof., University of Peshawar), Soherwordi: Peshawar, Pakistan, 2016. Pp. 45-59.
The “Afghan Beat:” Pukhtoon Journalism and the Afghan War: In: Globalizing Afghanistan: Terrorism, War, And The Rhetoric of Nation Building (Ed. Zubeda Jalalzai: Assistant Professor, Rhode Island College, USA), Duke University Press, USA. May 2011. Pp. 79-84. 

Research Articles:
Virtual Student Exchange in journalism: Collaborative reporting through new media and technology, Keith Bowen, Altaf Ullah Khan And Alexandra Wake: In Australian Journalism Review, Vol 41, No. 1, 2019, pp. 53-66

Fixers in corporate media: Pashtun journalists under threat in North Western Pakistan: In conflict & communication online, Vol. 18, No. 1, 2019.
Amir Hamza Marwan, Faiz Ullah Jan, Altaf Ullah Khan. Dominance of US officials in the Pakistani TV Channels: A Case Study of Media Coverage of Osama Bin Laden’s Death: In: Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Peshawar) Vol. XXV 2. (2017).
Sayed Fawad Ali Shah, Altaf Ullah Khan, and Faiz Ullah Jan. Building Police Citizen Trust: Public Outreach and The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police: In: PUTAJ Humanities and Social Sciences Vol. 24, No 1, (June) 2017
Altaf Ullah Khan, Faiz Ullah Jan, and Fawad Ali Shah. Fighting Polio: Why Radio Dramas Failed in Pakistan: In: The Journal of humanities and Social Sciences (Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Peshawar) Volume XXIV 2, 2016, pp, 21-36
A demographic study of journalists in KPK and FATA. This is the first study to know the actual number and basic demographics of journalists in this area. This serves as the first baseline. For this reason it sticks to the basic demographics and doesn’t have any dependent variables.
Altaf Ullah Khan & Faiz Ullah Jan. HIV/AIDS Awareness in the N-WFP: Media Usage and Media Preferences: In: The Journal of humanities and Social Sciences (Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Peshawar) Volume XVII No. 2, 2008, pp 1-10.Volume XVII No. 2, 2008, pp 1-10.
Faiz Ullah Jan & Altaf Ullah Khan. Conflict Reporting in the Age of War on Terror in the Tribal Areas of Pakistan: In: The Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Peshawar) Vol XVI, No. 1, 2008. Pp. 20-25.
Altaf Ullah Khan & Faiz Ullah Jan. Alternative Print Media In Pakistan: Reacting to the Mainstream: In: The Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Peshawar) Vol. XV, No. 2, 2007.Pp. 55-68
Community Radio in Pakistan: Present Trends and Future Requirements: In: The Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Peshawar) Vol. xv, No. 2, 2007. Pp. 55-68.
Teaching Media Ethics at the Pakistani Universities: Existing Trends and Future Requirements: In: The Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Peshawar) Vol. xv, Nos. 1, 2007. Pp. 1-8.
Altaf Ullah Khan & Abdul Manan. Press Laws in Pakistan: In: Journal of Law and Society. Vol. xxxv, No.48, July 2006. Pp. 21-30.

Abdul Manan & Altaf Ullah Khan. Labour/Laws/System-Rights and Obligation operation System and Administration: In: Journal of Law and Society. Vol. xxxv, No.48, July 2006. Pp. 247-255.
Altaf Ullah Khan & Gul Wahab: Public Response to Health Related Science Reporting in NWFP: A Case study of Bird Flu: In: The Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Peshawar) Vol. xiv, Nos. 1 & 2, 2006. Pp. 13-21.
Altaf Ullah Khan & Babar Shah: Illegal Media in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan: in: Central Asia, vol. 58. summer. Peshawar: University of Peshawar. Summer 2006.Pp. 123-136
Clash of Civilisations: Intellectual Worth and Communicative Importance: In: The Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Peshawar) Vol. xiii, Nos. 1 & 2, 2005. Pp. 1-10.
Intercultural Dialogue: An Islamic Position: In: In: PUTAJ: Oriental Studies Vol. 13, 2006. Pp. 1-7.
Introduction to Communicator Research in Pakistan: In: PUTAJ (Peshawar University Teachers Association Journal) Vol. 12, 2005. Pp. 99-108.
Symbolic Interactionism and Communication Studies: In: Großbothener Vorträge zur Kommunikationswisenschaft, vol. 6. Bremen: Edition lumierie 2005. Pp. 67-95.
Intercultural Dialogue: Premises and Promises (Comment): In: National Development and Security, vol. xiii, no. 1, autumn 2004. Pp.102-111.
Peshawar Based Pukhtoon Journalists and the War in Afghanistan: In: Central Asia: Journal of Area Study Centre (Russia, China, & Central Asia), vol. 55, winter. Peshawar: University of Peshawar 2004. Pp. 253-272.
A New Approach to Theory and Methodology in Empirical Research in the Developing World. Central Asia: Journal of Area Study Centre (Russia, China, and Central Asia), vol. 54, summer. Peshawar: University of Peshawar 2004. Pp. 175-186.
Media System in Pakistan: In: Altaf Khan (Ed.) News Media and Journalism in Pakistan and Germany. Peshawar: Owais Publishers 2003. Pp. 73-112.
Profile of Journalists in Peshawar: Development of the Concept, Theoretical and Methodical Dimensions, and Results. In: Altaf Khan (Ed.) News Media and Journalism in Pakistan and Germany. Peshawar: Owais Publishers 2003. Pp. 113-135.
Profile of Journalists in Peshawar: Problems and experiences during field research in Peshawar and Islamabad (March-September 2001). Großbothener Vorträge zur Kommunikationswisenschaft, vol. 3. Bremen: Edition lumierie 2002. Pp. 127-156. ISBN: 9783934686113
Shahjehan Sayed & Altaf Khan. The Image of Central Asia in Pakistani Press: In: Central Asia: Journal of the Area Study Centre for Russia and Central Asia, vol. 44, Peshawar: University of Peshawar 1999. 91-103.
Report on Human Resource Development in the Media Field: Training of District Correspondents in the NWFP Media (2006): Submitted to UNESCO Asia (Delhi office and accepted as the final phase of the project for Human Resource Development). As a consequence of the report UNESCO has also asked me to write a one-page article on the report for UNESCO Web World. The article has been on the UNESCO webpage under the title of Training and professionalisation of rural media in Pakistan on 2-06-2006. . The weblink to article is http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=21187&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

Lectures/Panel Presentations:
Keynote speaker at AMCAP International Conference – 2019: Media Education in Pakistan: Challenges and Opportunities, February 26th, 2019 , SZABIST, Islamabad. 

Panel Presentation on the topic of Fixers in the Corporate Media, at the conference Safety of Journalists: Covering Conflicts and Sensitive Issues at Oslo and Orekshus University College of Applied Sciences, Oslo. Organized by the research group Media, War, and Conflict 2-3 November 2017
Panel presentation on the topic of Presenting Human Rights Issues in the Media: potentials and Perils at Karachi University at The First International Marathon Conference Media Education: Theory, Research, and Industry in Pakistan.
Panel Presentation at GIMD 2017 (23-25 January, 2017), Panel 5 – Freedom of expression and terrorism. Extremism and silencing of progressive voices, A Pakistan analysis, at Universitas Indonesia, January 25th.
Presentation on the topic of Economic Development in FATA: the Role of Media in Supporting Economic Development in FATA, at the conference Economic Currents and Opportunities For Economic Development In FATA on January 17th & 18th, 2017, at University of Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan.
Lecture at the ZEMKI research colloquium at University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany on November 17th, 2016, on the topic of Development, Journalism, and Social Change in the Conflict Ridden Northwestern Pakistan
Lecture at Department of Media Studies, TU Ilmenau, Germany on November 9th, 2016, on the topic of The Future of Journalism.
Presentation at the conference Best Practice in Teaching Conflict, War and Peace Journalism at department of Journalism and Media Studies, Oslo and Akerchus University College of Applied Science, Oslo, Norway, on November 7th and 8th, 2016, on the topic of Peace Journalism: A Glocal Perspective in Pakistan.
Panel presentation at the FoME symposium, Observer, Agitator, and target: Media and Media assistance in Fragile Contexts, in Berlin, November 3rd and 4th, 2016. Title of the presentation on November 4th was Facing Ethical Dilemmas: Journalists and Media Development Actors in Conflict Societies.
Presentation, presenting the social opinion at the GIZ-DWA launch of the
Innovative Pilot Measure, Implementing Right to Information Acts –Promoting Data-Driven Journalism, Organized by GIZ and DWA, at Marriot Hotel, Islamabad, July 14th, 2016.
Panel presentation on IPR, Gender Sensitivity, and the Media, at one day conference on Showcasing Conference of Prevention of Violence Against Women, organized by GIZ, Support to Good Governance Programme, at Pearl Continental Hotel, Peshawar, June 2nd, 2016.
Panel presentation on Political communication and New Media, at the one day conference on Digital Citizenship and Governance: a Discussion with the Academia, organized by the Department of Political Science in collaboration with the Higher Education Commission, on January 13th, 2016 at University of Peshawar.
Panel presentation on June 10th on the topic of The Human face of FATA: Role of Media in The Building of FATA’s Image, at the conference on Socio-Economic and Political currents in FATA: A Way Forward On June 10-11, 2015, at the University of Peshawar.

Presided a panel on Media in Pakistan at the 1st National Conference on Emerging Trends and Challenges in Social Sciences (ETCSS’ 2014), organized by University of Swat at Bara Gali Summer Campus, University of Peshawar, August 6, 2014.
Panelist at the 1st National Conference on Emerging Trends and Challenges in Social Sciences (ETCSS’ 2014), organized by University of Swat at Bara Gali Summer Campus, University of Peshawar, August 7, 2014 on the topic of “Pakistani Media at the Crossroads: a search for an audience focused ethics”
Lecture at the Model National Geographic Photo Camps and Exhibition 2014 on the topic of “Photo Journalism in our Society” on April 22, 2014, at University of Peshawar. The activity was organized by Pakistan-US Alumni Network (PUAN).
Panelist at the Social Media Summit at the plenary session Social Media and the Changing Landscape of Journalism on March 30th, 2014, in Islamabad.
Lecture on Functional Aspects of Professional Roles of Journalists at the University of Swat on January 30th, 2014.
Lecture on “Students’ Expectations and Market Demands from Media Education at Universities” at University of Swat, November 18th, 2013.
Lead panelist at Deutsche Well Akademie in “Pakistan’s Media Landscape: The Effects of Liberalization” On May 29th, 2013 in Bonn, Germany.
Expert panelist at ARD main Studio in Berlin at Medien International: Pakistan on the topic of ‘Reporting in Pakistani Media’ on May 30th, 2013.
Lecture on Community Media in Swat at Swat University on May 15th, 2012. Lecture and subsequent discussion was attended by journalists in Swat and the faculty of the university.
Panel presentation at PC, Peshawar on the topic of Media and the portrayal of Violence, on May 7th, 2012. The program was organized by Hunerkada (Islamabad based NGO), US Consulate in Peshawar, and the ministry of information and culture, KPK>
Lecture at the Chair of Islamic Studies, University of Erfurt (Germany) (December 7, 2011) on the topic of Social Media in Pakistan: profile of social media users
Panellist at Foley Institute for Public Policy and Public Service, Washington State University, Washington State, on November 2, 2011, on the topic of US Pakistan Relations and the Role of the Media.
Panellist in Global Media Forum, DW, Bonn (June 20-22, 2011). Topics: June 20, True Security and Human Rights in a Globalizing World; June 22, The Political Power of Social Media
Lecture at Centre for International Studies, Ohio University, May 29, 2009. The Human Face of Fata: People, Life, and Problems in Pukhtoon Populated Pakistani Region Bordering Afghanistan
Lecture at University of California, Riverside, May 14, 2009. Challenges and Opportunities for Development and Entertainment Programming in Tribal Areas of Pakistan: Community Radio and Tribal Politics
Lecture at Ohio University: What we Are Doing in Afghanistan, April 30, 2009.
Roundtable presentation at Ohio State University April 24, 2009 Symposium Possibilities for a Post-Racial Nation/World in the Obama Era. Roundtable titled: Global Perspectives, Concerns, and Insights. Presentation title: Fears and Hope of People of Pakistan: Obama Era and Pakistan. .
Presentation at the Global Awareness Program (GAP) series on Islam: From Kandahar to Kashmir: Media Conflict & Peace Building in South Asia. Topic of the presentation: Pakistan: Escalating Conflicts, Lessening Solutions at Bentley Hall, Ohio University on March 11, 2009.
Lecture at Area Study Centre, University of Peshawar on the topic of Progressive Islam: Introduction and Discourse in the US Academia on February 20th, 2009.
Presentation at the panel on Muslim Thinkers: title of the presentation Abdul Ghaffar Khan: Bringing Peace to a Hostile Environment at Conference 100 Years of Progressive Islam 1909 – 2009: A Conference in honor of Mahmoud Mohmed Taha (January 17-18, 2009) organized by the Center for African Studies, Ohio University on January 18, 2009.
Panel presentation at Conference on 100 Years of Progressive Islam at Ohio University on the topic of Abdul Ghaffar Khan: Bringing Peace to a Hostile Environment on January 19, 2009
Presentation at the panel on Negotiating Media Freedom in Transitional Societies at the 8th annual global fusion conference (October 30- November 2, 2008) Ohio university on the topic of community radio in Pakistan: potential for development on November 1, 2008
Keynote speech at 8th Annual Global Fusion Conference (October 31- November 2, 2008) Global Fusion Conference at Ohio University, Athens, Ohio on the topic of Pakistan: Land, Media, and Media Studies on October 31th, 2008
Lecture on 9/11 at the Scripps College of Communication, Ohio University on the Topic of Pakistan: introduction and Media Coverage of Anniversary on September 11, 2008 on September 11, 2008.
Lecture at the Area Study Centre, University of Peshawar on the topic of Clash of Civilisations: Intellectual Worth and Communicative Importance 0n April 7, 2006.
Lecture at Internews organised International Workshop for training journalists on the topic of Journalist professionalisation: Balancing Rights with Duties at the University of Peshawar on December27, 2005.
Lecture at Internews organised International Workshop for training journalists on the topic of Professional Approach to Journalism for Pre-empting Conflict at the University of Peshawar on December 21, 2005.
Concept paper on the topic of Teaching Media Ethics at the Pakistani Universities at the National Seminar on Media Ethics: Curriculum Development at the Department of JMC, University of Peshawar December 2004.
Lecture at the Area Study Centre, University of Peshawar on the topic of Intercultural Dialogue: Premises and Promises on November 26, 2004.
Lecture at the Department of Journalism, University of Peshawar on the topic of Media Ethics and Development Communication in a one-day training workshop for district correspondents from Tribal Areas organised by Department of JMC and Internews in September 2004.
Lecture at the Bara Gali summer campus, University of Peshawar on the topic of Ethics in Reporting for Print Media in the same workshop in July 2004.
Lecture at the Bara Gali summer campus, University of Peshawar on the topic of Social Sector Reporting in a Department of JMC and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) organised Workshop for training of district correspondents, in July 2004.
Lecture at the Senate Hall, University of Peshawar on the topic of Introduction to Communicator Research in Pakistan in a PUTA organised seminar on June 21 2004.
Lecture at the Area Study Centre, University of Peshawar on the topic of A New Approach for Theory and Methodology for the Developing World on 13 March 2004.
Lecture on the topic of Media System in Pakistan at the University of Leipzig on 27 January 2004.
Lecture on the topic of Communicator Research and Social Change at a DAAD sponsored workshop on Media and Social Change at the University of Leipzig on 8 December 2003.
Lecture on the topic of Communicator Research in Pakistan: Methods and Findings at a DAAD sponsored workshop on Media Systems: Islamic and Democratic Western” at the University of Peshawar on 13 December 2002.
Lecture on my PhD project “A Profile of Journalists in Peshawar” at the same venue on 22. June 2002.
Participation and Lecture in a Podium Discussion the topic of Intercultural Dialogue: The present necessities in a global world (in German), at Kaiser Maximillian University, Würzburg, at the annual meeting of DAAD scholarship holders (June 21, 2002).