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INDIA
Journalists in New Delhi available to help with stories
(numbers to dial from US):

Vir Singh:
reachvir@yahoo.com
Cell: 011-91-98-10309247
Work: 011-91-11-469-7772
Work: 011-91-11-463-1677

Norris Pritam:
norrispritam@vsnl.com
Home: 011-91-11-2718298
Cell: 011-91-98-102-34230

Mannika Chopra:
mannika@vsnl.com

See extensive list of journalists listed at SAJA Source List

SOURCES: US-based Experts on South Asia
& Sources based in South Asia: See relevant section of SAJA's source list

DIALING INDIA: When dialing India, be aware that printed numbers list Indian area codes with a 0 in front of the code... when dialing from the US, use 011 (the number to dial international calls, then 91 (the code for India), then the local area code and number (skip the zero after the 91). eg: Delhi is listed as "011" -- but to dial from the US, use only the "11". So Delhi is 011-91-11 + local seven-digit number. Some cities in India have local numbers with less than seven digits. "98" is national cell phone code.

INDIA TIME: India has only one time zone -- it is 10.5 hours ahead of U.S. Eastern Time

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PAKISTAN

Journalists available to help with stories

ISLAMABAD
Mumtaz Hamid Rao.
Director News (Retd.) PTV,
Freelance Journalist,
Editor in Chief, The World Today News Portal
House: 2109, St: 33, Sector: I-10/2
Islamabad, PAKISTAN.
E-mail: mumtazrao@hotmail.com & eic@twtnews.net
Phone +92-51-4433786
Cell: +92-333 ? 5102041
Web: www.rao.cjb.net & www.twtnews.net
SAJA NOTE: More than 35 years experience in print and broadcast journalism

Ednan Shahid
Editor, Khabrain
E-mail: ednan@LHR.comsats.net.pk
http://www.khabrain.com
SAJA NOTE: His newspaper published first interview with Osama bin Laden after attack; visited NYC & SAJA in summer 2001 on USIA-sponsored tour with other Pakistani journalists.

Hamid Mir
Daily Ausaf, largest Urdu daily in Pakistan
Author of book on Osama Bin Laden
Phone: 92-300-855-2520
E-mail: mirpk1@yahoo.com
SAJA NOTE: Has interviewed bin Laden extensively; is writing a biography on bin Laden out late 2002

Imitaz Ahmed
Editor, Current Affairs, The News
Office: 92-42-6368750/6367480
Home: 92-42-7575189
Mobile: 92-342-757-4758
Fax: 6360866-6367631
E-mail: cnpp@hotmail.com

DIALING PAKISTAN: When dialing Pakistan, be aware that printed numbers list Pakistani area codes with a 0 in front of the code... when dialing from the US, use 011 (the number to dial international calls, then 92 (the code for Pakistan), then the local area code and number (skip the zero after the 91).

SOURCES: US-based Experts on South Asia
& Sources based in South Asia: See relevant section of SAJA's source list

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