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Shafiq has had a wealth of experience not only in radio but also in journalism generally. He edited the tri-weekly Hindi newspaper "Jagriti" in 1967 in Fiji. Right from his college days Shafiq had a flair for writing and the Hindustani language in general. He wrote poems and stories for the Hindi newspapers in Fiji and for some Indian monthly magazines such as the highly respected "Sarita" in New Delhi in 1960s. He also wrote and presented radio plays, "geeton bhari kahaniyaan" and "waartaayen" (articles of general interest and information for the general community) and presented them on Radio Fiji (then known as the Fiji Broadcasting Commission) in the same decade. Shafiq worked in the newsroom of Radio Fiji too. He is a Chartered Accountant by profession and possesses several degrees and diplomas in accounting and business studies. Shafiq has now retired.
The radio program Dhanak is being listened-to by people of an Hindustani background who have migrated to Australia from India, Pakistan, Nepal, Burma, the Middle East, Afghanistan, Trinidad, West Indies, Uganda, Singapore, Fiji and other parts of the world. The program is extremely popular and entertaining and includes different types of old and new songs and music from India, Pakistan, Fiji and other countries. The different music and "sangeet" include the latest Bollywood movie hits, ghazals, qawwalis, shastriya sangeet, lok (folk) geets and bhangra etc. The program also includes jokes, segments on the life stories of Bollywood artists and singers, news, literary readings and information of general interest to the various Indo communities
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