Winners of 23rd APNS Awards announced

 JournalismPakistan.com |  Published January 06, 2018

ISLAMABAD - The All-Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) has announced the winners of its 23^rd edition of awards due to be held in Islamabad on January 15.

An APNS press release said Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi will grace the occasion as chief guest and give away the awards among the winning journalists and advertising agencies.  

M/s. Midas (Pvt.) Ltd. has won the Best Business Performance Award, Special Business Performance Award (Regional Dailies), Special Business Performance Award (Metro B Dailies), Best Performance Award for Private Sector Client (Bahria Town) and Best Performance Award for Public Sector Client (Benazir Income Support Program).

M/s. Orient Advertising (Pvt.) Ltd. Won the Special Business Performance Award (Periodicals).

The awards for creative categories are:

• Best Newspaper Advertisement: M/s. Manhattan Int’l. (Pvt.) Ltd ad of (Standard Chartered Bank)
• Best Campaign: M/s. Adcom (Pvt.) Ltd. ad of (Al Karam)                            
• Best Public Service Campaign: M/s. IAL Communications (Pvt.) Ltd ad of (Depilex Smile Again Foundation)

The winning journalists are:

• Best Investigative Report [joint] Ms. Razeshta Sethna, Herald and Ms. Noorilhuda, Newsline
• Best Investigative Report (Business/Economic), [joint] Mubarak Zeb Khan, Dawn and Nudrat Kamal, Tooba Nadeem, Zehra Nabi, Newsline
• Best Investigative Report (Environmental/Conservation/Gender) [joint] Ms. Razia Fareed, Jang and Ms. Zehra Nabi, Newsline
• Best Column Award (English), Syed Saadat Ali, Dawn
• Best Column Award (Urdu),  Yasir Pirzada, Jang
• Best Column Award (Provincial Language),   Asad Chandio, Awami Awaz.
• Best Feature Award (English), Ms. Noorihuda, Newsline
• Best Feature Award (Urdu), Muhammad Akram Khan, Jang
• Best Feature Award (Provincial Language), Murli Dhar, Awami Awaz
• Best Cover Story (Periodicals), Imitaz Gul, Ms. Noorilhuda, Newsline
• Best Cartoon, Khaliq Khan Paki, Jang
• Best Photograph, Muhammad Azeem, Daily Express.
• Best Illustration for Periodicals, Adnan Faisal, M/Brands Magazine.

The panel of judges consisted of prominent writers and intellectuals -  Ms. Ameena Saiyid, Prof. Dr. Nisar Zuberi, Mr. Babar Ayaz, Dr. Rafia Taj, Prof. Dr. Fateh Muhammad Burfat, Dr. Mugheesuddin Sheikh, Mr. Owais Aslam Ali, Prof. Tauseef Ahmed Khan, Mr. Vali Ram Vallabh, Dr. Fahmida Hussain, Mr. Yaqoob Mughal, Ms. Seemeen Naghmana, Abid Ali Syed, and Prof. Shahida Kazi.

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