Winners of Amir Ahmad Siddiqui Media Awards finalised

PESHAWAR: The winners in the seven categories for the second edition of the Amir Ahmad Siddiqui Media Awards were finalised at a meeting of the five-member judges’
committee here on Wednesday.

The committee, headed by senior journalist Rahimullah Yusufzai, decided that the names of winners would be announced at the award distribution ceremony being held at the Peshawar Press Club at 2:30pm today.

Others members of the committee who attended the meeting included Ismail Khan and Abdullah Jan.

The awards, an initiative to promote ethical and competitive journalism in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Fata, have been named after late Amir Ahmad Siddiqui, a founding member of the Peshawar press Club and Khyber Union of Journalists.

The awards would be given for best investigative story (English), best feature/column (English/Urdu), best investigative story (Urdu), best picture (print), best radio package and best TV package.

The TV package involves two awards, one each for reporter and cameraman.A lifetime achievement award is also included in the list of categories.Senior Minister Local Government Inayatullah Khan, former Senator Afrasiab Khattak and the judges would hand over the awards to the winners.