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AGAHI AWARDS - BEYOND 2015 by Puruesh Chaudhary

Values and Ethics Celebrated at AGAHI AWARDS – Beyond 2015

Islamabad, PK – 25 April 2015 - The AGAHI AWARDS, Pakistan’s most sought after journalism awards held

today at the Pakistan National Council of Arts (PNCA) in Islamabad. Leading opinion makers, senior journalists,

policy makers, diplomats, academicians, leading professionals from the media industry and representatives

from think tanks attended the award ceremony.

The Agahi Awards recognize and celebrate the work of dedicated journalists, promoting ethical journalism and

quality reporting for shaping the future of journalism.

An annual series of journalism awards in Pakistan, the platform was

co-founded by Mishal Pakistan and AGAHI. The awards are effort to

create appreciation mechanism in Pakistan for ethical and quality

content. The evaluation methodology and criteria of the awards have

been designed by AGAHI on the pillars of Media Development

Indicators of UNESCO, in collaboration with the Center for

International Media Ethics (CIME) and input from UNESCO

headquarters in Paris.

The ceremony was presented by Syed Shamon Hashmi and Sanaa

Ahmed; this year AGAHI Awards received an overwhelming response

by the journalist community, where more than 3000 nominations were

received from all over the country for more than 50 different

categories in print, television, radio and online content. The Peoples’

Choice Awards categories included “Current Affairs Anchor of the

Year” and “News Channel of the Year” in Pakistan. The team reached

out to more than 5 million people through social media and 1.5 million

people through SMS campaign and direct feedback.

Peoples’ Choice Award in the “Most Favourite News Channel” category went to GEO News for the third

consecutive year. Mubasher Lucman and Meher Abbasi won the most favourite “Current Affairs Anchor of the

Year” Awards. Agahi Awards – Beyond 2015 ‘Investigative Journalist of the Year’ went to Amir Zia for his cover

story in Newsline Magazine “Is the Party Over?”. Nadeem Malik from SAMAA TV was awarded the “Most

Credible Anchor” based on the Media Credibility Index developed in collaboration with more than fifteen

journalism schools in Pakistan.

Winners of the AGAHI Awards – Beyond 2015

The AGAHI Awards – Beyond 2015 winners included, Mubarak Zeb Khan (Foreign Policy), Waleed Tariq

(Business and Economy), Allah Bux Arisar (Water and Food Security), Yusuf Sohail (Innovation), Imran Malik

(Corporate Social Responsibility), Meera Karim (Economic Opportunity), Saleem ur Rehman Afridi (Community

Driven Local Development), Almas Naqvi (Democratic Values), Irfan Haider (Anti-Corruption), Zahir Shah

Sherazi, Alia Chughtai, and Asad Hashmi (Extremism and Terrorism), Amber R. Shamsi (Law and Order),

Aneela Ashraf (Judiciary), Umar Bin Ajmal (Infotainment), Sara Farid (Photojournalism), Naqeebullah Taran

(Sports), Umer Bin Ajmal (Infotainment), Sara Farid (Photojournalism), Mureeb Mohmand (Human Rights),

Saba Eitizaz (Disaster and Catastrophe), Zahid Gishkori (Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights), Hanif Samoon (Child Rights), Syed Babar Ali (Dignity), Riaz Sohail (Interfaith), Lala Hassan (Journalist Safety),

Hassan Belal Zaidi (Media Ethics), Muhammad Atif Sheikh (Youth Empowerment, Vocational and Technical

Training), Khalid Khattak (Education), Mansoor Malik (Curriculum Reform), Sultan Dogar (Education

Infrastructure and School Condition), Sehrish Wasif (Out-of-School Children), Shabbir Wahgra (Children with

No Access to Schools), Fayaz Ahmed (Girls’ Education), Abdul Shakoor (Public Spending on Education), Dr.

Irfan Ahmed Baig (Energy), Bina Shah (Women Empowerment), Zia Ur Rehman (Governance), Bushra Qamar

(Culture), and Salman Haqqi (Open Government).

More than 3000

Journalists nominated

their work in more than

30 different categories;

AGAHI Awards – Beyond

2015, encourages

quality content in print,

television, radio and

online journalism.

The Awards have created appreciation for journalism in fifty different categories including business and

economy, democratic values, conflict, anti-corruption, crime, education, infotainment, the nexus between water,

energy and food security, gender and governance, health, extremism and terrorism, interfaith and dignity

among other categories; thus creating media diversity across print, television, radio and the online media.

The AGAHI Awards have been the foremost initiative for media and journalism development in the country. The

awards have identified some of the most talented and diligent journalists in the industry. The Agahi Awards

winners have now acquired decision-making and leadership position across the media industry for “Shaping the

Future of Journalism” in Pakistan.

The AGAHI Awards aims to ensure diverse content and social issues to be highlighted in media, Mishal

Pakistan in collaboration with Ilm Ideas (a four year UKaid funded program) created the Education category

further dividing them into eight sub-categories. This has not only increased the quantum of education content in

media, but has also encouraged journalists to write more on the socio-economic and political challenges on

education reporting in Pakistan.

The support for the AGAHI Award – Beyond 2015, on journalism and other effort, reporting on corporate social

responsibility was made possible with the support from Philip Morris International Pakistan (PMIP). The AGAHI

Awards recognized the National Rural Support Program (NRSP), Bunyad, Idara-e-Taleem o Agahi and Duplex

for their work on creating social dividends for the communities and society in general.

The Awards have been organized in collaboration with leading press clubs, local and international media

development institutions, regulatory authorities, civil society organizations, private and public sector bodies and

other stakeholders.

Inaugurated on March 28th, 2012, the AGAHI Awards are an annual series of awards for journalism in Pakistan.

These are Pakistan’s first ever journalism awards recognizing the best journalists across print, television, radio

and the internet on more than 40 different journalism thematic beats. AGAHI and Mishal Pakistan in

collaboration with leading press clubs across the country, local and international media development bodies,

regulatory authorities and the private sector organized these awards.

The AGAHI Awards are the most sought after awards for journalism in Pakistan, and have been the foremost

media development initiative for media and journalism in the country. The Agahi Awards winners have now

acquired decision-making and leadership positions across the media industry for “Shaping the Future of

Journalism” in Pakistan.

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THE AGAHI AWARDS 2013 by Puruesh Chaudhary

Journalists compete in more than 50 different categories; AGAHI Awards encourages best content in print, television, radio and online journalism.

Pakistan’s most prestigious journalism “Agahi Awards 2013” celebrated today at PNCA Islamabad. The Awards have been organized in collaboration with leading press clubs, local and international media development institutions, regulatory authorities, civil society organizations, private sector and other stakeholders. Puruesh Chaudhary Founder & President, AGAHI and Amir Jahangir Chief Executive Officer, Mishal Pakistan founded these awards in 2012.

The Agahi Awards are an annual series of awards for journalism in Pakistan, developed under the umbrella of the Credibility Lab at Mishal for creating an appreciation methodology for ethical and quality content. The evaluation methodology and criteria of the awards have been designed on the pillars of Media Development Indicators of UNESCO, in collaboratiosn with the Center for International Media Ethics (CIME) and UNESCO headquarters in Paris. The Awards were inaugurated in March 2012 and have become the most prestigious awards for the journalism in Pakistan.

The Awards have created appreciation for journalism in fifty different categories including business and economy, conflict, corruption, crime, education, infotainment, the nexus between water, energy and food security, gender and governance, health, extremism and terrorism, peace, interfaith, dignity; thus creating media diversity across print, television, radio and the online media.

Among the winners for this year’s “Agahi Awards 2013, the Journalist of the Year Award” were deigned in 50 categories. The award for business and economy was won by Naveen Mangi (Bloomberg), Maliha Naz Rana from Herald in Health and Primary Education, Shakeel Ahmad (DAWN News) Higher Education and Training, Zahir Shah Sherazi (DAWN News) in Infrastructure, Abdur Rauf (Express Tribune) for Institutions, Maimoona Saeed (GEO News) forLabor Market Efficiency, Ghulam Mohiuddin (AAJ TV) for Environment,Shabina Faraz (Jang) in Climate Change, Zahid Gishkori (Express Tribune) in Flood and Disaster Reporting, Sehrish Wasif (Express Tribune) in Disaster and Catastrophe, Xari Jalil (DAWN) in Governance, A.B. Arisar (DAWN) in Corruption, Asad Kharal (Express Tribune) forLaw &Order, Hanif Samoon (DAWN.com) in Health,Din Muhammad Watanpal (Daily Qudrat, Quetta) forChild Survival, Sarwar Baloch (VSH News) in Health&Nutrition, Ali Usman (Express Tribune) forNon Communicable Diseases, Zia ur Rehman (Friday Times) for Polio Immunization, Aslam Chandio (Online News Agency) forEnergy, Water &Food Security, Sarah Munir (Express Tribune) on Media Ethics,Syed Ali Shah (DAWN News) forMedia Safety, Ashraf Javed (The Nation)for Crime Reporting, Shahzada Irfan Ahmad (The News) forCorporate Social Responsibility, Zahir Shah Sherazi (DAWN News) in Democratic Values and Dignity, Bina Shah (Blogger) in Education, Zia ur Rehman (Friday Times) for Extremism and Terrorism,Shahzada Irfan Ahmad (The News) in Gender,A.B. Arrisar (DAWN) in Gender – Economic Opportunity, Abdul Shakoor (APP) in Gender – Health and Survival, Zia Ur Rehman (Friday Times) in Gender – Political Empowerment, Aamir Saeed (Pique Magazine) forHuman Rights,Fazal Khaliq (Express Tribune) in Child Protection, Kiran Nazish (DAWN.com) forChild Rights, A.B. Arisar in Gender – Domestic Violence, Zia ur Rehman (Friday Times) in Minorities &Marginalized Communities, Mehtab Haider (The News) in Political &Regularity Environment, Jawwad Rizvi (The News) in Market Environment, Faseeh Mangi (Bloomberg) in Infotainment,Mubashar Zaidi (DAWN.com) in Journalism for Peace,Muhammad Irfan Haider (Dawn) forConflict Reporting, Asad Kharal (Express Tribune) in Judiciary,Zeeshan Anwar (Daily Express) in Court Reporting, Zahir Shah Sherazi (DAWN.com) in Photo Journalism,Aslam Chandio (Online News Agency) in sports.

The awards ceremony was presented by Osama Bin Javaid, a Pakistani journalist based in the Middle East and Razeshta Sethna, par of the editorial team at a leading English language publication in Pakistan. The Awards also have special categories including“Current Affairs Anchor of the Year” and “News Channel of the Year” in Pakistan. These categories are on the basis of people’s choice, which includes voting for these two categories by reaching out to more than 6 million Pakistanis through social media engagement and 1.5 million via SMS campaign and direct feedback.

GEO NEWS won the Peoples’ Choice Award for the “Most Favourite News Channel” second year around.

The “Current Affairs Anchor of the Year” Award was for two emerging anchors; won by Iqrar ul Hassan (ARY News) and Alia Nazki (BBC Urdu), as “the Emerging Current Affair Anchor of the Year” in the male and female categories. “Investigative Journalist of the Year” award was won by Asad Kharal (Express Tribune).

Ejaz Haider from Capital TV awarded the “Most Credible Anchor” based on the Media Credibility Index developed in collaboration with more than 10 journalism schools in Pakistan.

To ensure diversity in content and more social issues to be highlighted in media, Mishal Pakistan in collaboration with Save the Childrencreated the health category further dividing them into six sub-categories. This has not only increased the quantum of health content in media, but has also encouraged journalists to write more on the socio-economic challenges in Pakistan.

This year AGAHI Awards received an overwhelming response by the journalist community, where more than 1500 nominations were received from all over the country across more than 50 different categories in print, television, radio and online content.

Academic partners for Agahi Awards 2013 from the disciplines of journalism and mass communication included;Fatima Jinnah Women University (Rawalpindi), AllamaIqbal Open University (Islamabad), BahauddinZakariya University (Multan), International Islamic University (Islamabad), Islamia University (Bahawalpur), University of Gujrat, National University of Science and Technology (Islamabad), Roskilde University (Denmark), Center for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom atEuropean University (Italy).

Press Clubs in Lahore, Peshawar, Karachi, Multan, and the National Press Club along with the Kashmir Press Club (Mirpur) and the Tribal Union of Journalists, Center for International Media Ethics, Ethical Journalism Network, Media Helping Media, Save the Children, Devex, International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Press Council of Pakistan, Internews Network, Center for Investigative Journalism (Bosina-Sarajevo), Transnational Crisis Project, Hayward Black Media, MediaShift, P@sha have partnered to ensure making the journalism awards at par with international standard of journalism.

Mishal Pakistan is the country partner Institute of the Center for Global Competitiveness and Benchmarking Networks at the World Economic Forum. Established in 2003, Mishal has been engaged with key stakeholders in Pakistan to improve the state of media through good governance initiatives.

MOFs Flower by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory - PNNL

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At the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, scientists are designing novel synthetic methodologies for continuous production of hierarchical and scalable metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and their nanocomposites using core-shell (and yolk-shell) strategy. The colored SEM and helium ion microscope images are core-shell nano-architectures constructed from MOFs over a porous carbon material. Such nanocomposites will open the door with unprecedented properties and unlock the possibility of tuning the host-guest interaction with significant synergetic effects such as enhanced stability and increased activity. This research was funded by Laboratory Directed Research and Development funds and the U.S. Department of Energy’s ARPA-E program.

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I owe the methodology to Teju Cole, whose work is always a source of instruction & delight.