The Tribal News Network, known on air asTNN, is a radio and internet news agency based inPeshawar, the capital of theKhyber Pakhtunkhwa province ofPakistan.
TNN produces radio bulletins in thePashto language, about news, current affairs and social issues. These bulletins are broadcast on ten partner radio stations[1] throughout Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, theFederally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA),Balochistan and into the border regions ofAfghanistan. News is also reported inUrdu and in English on TNN’s website. In August 2016, TNN also began broadcasting 2 minute news bulletins via mobile phone.[2]
TNN produces two main news bulletins each day and employs 35 local journalists including 6 women.[2] It has correspondents reporting from all districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA.
TNN’s first bulletin went to air on November 9, 2013. TNN is officially registered under the Companies Ordinance, 1984 with the Security Exchange Commission of Pakistan. In 2015, TNN was runner-up in the special award category of the One World Media Awards.[3] In 2015, TNN was recognised by theGeuzenpennning Foundation as a tribute to individuals or institutions that have “devoted themselves to fighting for democracy or against dictatorship, discrimination and racism.”[4]
TNN's bulletins are broadcast on: