Tribune journo takes another step forward

 JournalismPakistan.com |  Published 12 years ago

Zahid Gishkori, a journalist with The Express Tribune, has successfully completed the SAARC Media Fellowship. His research work emphasizes the need for enhanced trade in South Asia.

Summary

ISLAMABAD: Young Zahid Gishkori of The Express Tribune is the only journalist from the private media in Pakistan to have completed this 9-month SAARC Media Fellowship 2012-13 for the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation.

His research work will be published on the SAARC website and by SAARC regional offices across South Asia.

Gishkori has sent his 78-page research paper titled “From Shadows to Realities, A Way Forward for SAARC” to SAARC Headquarters in Kathmandu through the Pakistan Foreign Office.  

The proposed study aimed at freeing SAARC from the current focus on Pakistan-India rivalry. The author points out there is dire need to incentivize trade in South Asia in order to bring economic change in the region. He found SAARC to be a late bloomer with a tendency to act slowly.

Gishkori is a winner of the 2012 Canadian High Commissioner’s Award for Excellence in Pakistani Journalism. He attended a journalism course in Hamburg, Germany in July-August last year.
 

KEY POINTS:

• Zahid Gishkori is the only private media journalist in Pakistan to complete the SAARC Fellowship.
• His research paper addresses Pakistan-India rivalry and trade incentives in South Asia.
• The study will be published on the SAARC website and by regional offices.
• Gishkori is a recipient of the Canadian High Commissioner's Award for Excellence.
• He attended a journalism course in Germany in 2012.