Four Pakistani journalists have won Internews Humanitarian Reporting Awards 2006 for showing excellence in humanitarian media coverage of the devastating October 8 earthquake under difficult conditions.
The awards winners include Fasih-ur-Rehman of The News for preparing Best English Newspaper Report, Waseem Khan of Online News Agency for best photography published, Abrar Rashid of Geo TV for best TV News report and Shazia Irum of Campus FM 107 radio, Peshawar University, for best radio news report.
A five-member judges panel, comprising distinguished Pakistani journalists, including members of the Rawalpindi-Islamabad Press Club Election Committee an FM station director, chose the awardees for their outstanding journalistic work and showing excellence in humanitarian reporting during the circumstances created following the earthquake.
A total of 25 works were considered for different categories of awards, the awardees will get a certificate, a shield and a cash amount of Rs 10,000 each.
The award has been constituted by the staff of Internews Pakistan, www.internews.org.pk, from their own pockets to mark the World Press Freedom on May 3, and acknowledge the professionalism of Pakistani media.
Internews is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation working for capacity building of Pakistani radio, television and print media and improving journalism standards.