KARACHI: Writer Amar Jaleel and journalist Asma Shirazi have been nominated for the Ahfaz-ur-Rahman Award for Courage and Freedom of Expression to be presented at a ceremony scheduled to be held on Thursday (tomorrow) at Arts Council Karachi.

The award is named after journalist, poet, writer and trade unionist Ahfaz-ur-Rahman, who spent his life struggling against oppression, and for the freedom of expression in Pakistan.

Presented by the Rahman family, the award is dedicated to political and cultural freedom, diversity and creativity, and to extend recognition and support to exceptional people, including journalists, writers, poets, who further these causes.

This year the lifetime achievement award is being presented to Amar Jaleel, the fearless writer and journalist, for his steadfastness in raising his dissenting voice through his writings in Sindhi, Urdu and English.

The contemporary award shall be presented to the courageous journalist Ms Shirazi.

Published in Dawn, March 30th, 2022