Dr. Muhammad Hashim Esmatullahi is an

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and head of the Union of Afghan Journalists. He was Minister designate for

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for the

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but was not confirmed by the

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Personal information

Dr. Esmatullahi was born in 1955 in

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. He is an ethnic

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. He received early education at the Naderia High School in 1975 and graduated from the Literature Department of

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in 1979. He obtained a Master's degree in Journalism from

Allameh Tabatabaei University Allameh Tabataba'i University (ATU; �ælɒːˈme tæbɒːtæbɒːˈʔiː, ''Dânešgâh-e allâme Tabâtabâyi'') is the largest and the leading specialized public university in humanities and social sciences in Iran. With 15,624 students and 4 ...

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. He has been a lecturer at the Journalism Department of

since 2004. He also has been responsible for appointments to high government posts for the last two years as a member on the presidential consultation boards. He was the Acting Chairman of the independent commission for

Radio Television Afghanistan National Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA; ''Da Afġānistān Millī Rādīo Televizion'', ''Rādīo Televizion-e Millī-ye Afġānistān'', branded as ملی (meaning ''national'')) is the public-broadcasting organization of Afghanistan, bas ...

(RTA) in 2007.

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