Top award for Dawn's Peshawar editor Ismail Khan

 JournalismPakistan.com |  Published: 16 August 2016

Ismail Khan will receive the President's Award for his contributions to journalism. He has been a prominent figure in the field since 2001.

Summary

PESHAWAR: Ismail Khan, Editor of Dawn in Peshawar, is to be awarded the President’s Award for Pride of Performance, for his outstanding achievements in journalism, The News reported Tuesday.

Khan began his career with The News where he worked from 1991 to 2001 in Peshawar and was a deputy to veteran journalist Rahimullah Yousufzai who motivated him to join journalism. “He was my teacher and mentor, I owe this award to him,” he said after being nominated for the award.

The News said Khan also works for The New York Times and was a member of their reporting team that won the Pulitzer for best coverage of Pakistan and Afghanistan in 2009. Khan is also an analyst with Voice of America.

He has been at the helm of Dawn in Peshawar since 2001.

KEY POINTS:

• Ismail Khan has been Dawn's editor in Peshawar since 2001.
• He previously worked with The News from 1991 to 2001.
• Khan was part of the New York Times team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2009.
• He acknowledges his mentor, Rahimullah Yousufzai, for inspiring his career.
• Khan is also an analyst for Voice of America.