Pakistani Editor Najam Sethi Awarded 2009 Golden Pen of Freedom

re: Pakistani Editor Najam Sethi Awarded 2009 Golden Pen of Freedom

suraiya — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:54:07 GMT

Congrtulations to Mr. Sethi. Inspite of having courageous writers Pakistan still appears to be way back. Wonder what it will take for us to move forward in every aspect?

re: Pakistani Editor Najam Sethi Awarded 2009 Golden Pen of Freedom

Sandip — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 02:43:49 GMT

i shoud have mentioned - perhaps - that i had the privilege of interacting briefly with Mr Sethi when he had visited Calcutta in early 2005 to participate in a 'talk show' with Nobel Laureate Gunter Grass - hosted by the newspaper I used to then work for - The Telegraph. One of the points discussed was how a few liberal voices have still managed to survive in Pakistan despite the forces that are inimical - to put it mildly - to free and independent media.

re: Pakistani Editor Najam Sethi Awarded 2009 Golden Pen of Freedom

Sandip — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:14:04 GMT

this is wonderful news indeed. not sure how many of the present day indian editors would qualify (on pure objective criterion - read merits) for such an award - tho' one might argue the context is entirely different as situation in India is not remotely comparable to the conditions in Pakistan. but, i've always found it has always amazed me - despite everything Pakistani media is relatively far more free (with quite a few independent and courageous voices) than one would have expected in a country with similar state of affairs in every respect. www.ghoses.blogspot.com