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Newsline
is on a serious award roll. Again. But, despite the fact that it's
become quite a habit, it's as thrilling as it was the first time.
Living up to its reputation of last year...as well as the 13 years
before that, we bagged two APNS awards this time round: one for
Best Column and one for Best Investigative Report.
The award for the Best Investigative Report
went to Samina Ibrahim for her article, "The PIA-Sabre Scam,"
(August 2000), the inside story on the PIA/Sabre multi-million dollar
deal - a scam that allowed a team of American consultants to virtually
take over PIA - and bleed it dry.
The Best Column Category was won by I.A. Rehman for his column in
Newsline, "Stand Up and Be Counted" (October 2000). Noteworthy
is also the fact that I.A. Rehman made a hat-trick - as this is
his third consecutive win in the same category.
And if that wasn't enough, our assistant editor, Naziha Syed Ali,
won another award for her special report, "The People Bomb"
(March 2000), an award lauded by a population controlling organisation,
which focused on Pakistan's growing population and how efforts to
control it had become almost null and void.
Way to go, Newsline !
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