Newsline‘s 20th year has seen many celebrations. Besides honouring the monthly’s supporters who have watched and worked with the magazine in its two-decade pursuit of independent journalism, the milestone year has seen the magazine’s writers and editors recognised for editorial excellence by the All Pakistan Newspaper Society (APNS).

The APNS presented Newsline with eight awards for print journalism excellence in recent months.  The awards covered two publication periods in Pakistani journalism: 2005-2006 and 2007-2008.

The award-winning articles are listed below. Click the links, read the reports, benefit from the insight and enjoy!

Winning Articles from 2005-2006

Best Feature (English)
The Big Steal by Ziad Zafar
July 2005

Best Column
Ladies First by Mahir Ali
February 2006

Best Scoop
Dirty Deals by Ghulam Husnain
November 2006

Best Investigative Report (Business/Economic)
Soldiers of Fortune by Ayesha Siddiqa
December 2006

Winning Articles from 2007-2008

Best Scoop
The Ground Beneath their Feet by Salam Dharejo
September 2007

Best Feature (English)
Ignorance or Innocence by Zainab Iqbal
December 2007

Best Investigative Report (Development and Environment)
Life Below the Line by Shimaila Matri Dawood
June 2008

Best Investigative Report (Business/Economic)
The Drugs Don’t Work by Farieha Aziz
September 2008