By
Ubaid-ur-Rehman Awan, Secretary, Sports Journalists Association Sindh (SJAS)
KARACHI:
20th World Sports Journalism Day was observed in Karachi with great enthusiasm
and in this connection a workshop titled ‘working relationship between sports
journalists and organizers’ was held by Sports Journalists Association Sindh
(SJAS) at Sindh Boys Scouts Headquarters auditorium.
SJAS, an
active affiliated unit of Pakistan Sports Writers Federation (PSWF) and
International Press Sports Association (AIPS) has been observing the day each
year for the last five years with great fervor.
On the
occasion, senior sports journalists and organizers of different sports shared
their experiences emphasizing the need to strengthen their relations for the
promotion of sports and improvement of sports reporting. Senior journalists and
former Editor Sports Pakistan’s prime news agency APP, Anisuddin Khan,
President, SJAS Rashid Ali Siddiqui, Secretary General Ubaid-ur-Rehman Awan,
vice president Tariq Aslam, members executive committee Asghar Azeem, Umer
Shaheen, Irshad Ali and Arshad Wahab, Rafiq Ansari, Riazuddin, Khizar Azam, Secretary
General Pakistan Boxing Federation (PBF) Akram Khan, National Bank sports
consultant Ghulam Muhammad Khan, Director Sports Awareness Programme (SAP)
Qudsia Raja, President Sports Lovers Forum Abid Ali, international cyclist
Kaleem Awan, representative of National Bak Azmat Ali and many journalists from
tv channels and newspapers and sports organizers attended the workshop.
In his
key-note address, Anisuddin Khan highlighted the importance of relations
between organizers and journalists and said, “Organizers play a major role in
architecting a player and transforming a player into a great player.” He
advised the organizers to provide all relevant information r
Rashid
Ali Siddiqui, President SJAS, advised the journalists to give due coverage to
an event setting aside their personal interest. He said the purpose of holding
the workshop was to discuss the problems being faced journalists during
performing their duties and their solution.
Secretary
General SJAS, Ubaid-ur-Rehman Awan stated that the objective of organizing the
workshop was to bring journalists and organizers together and develop good
working relationship among stakeholders. Vice President SJAS, Tariq Aslam, who
covered two successive FIFA World Cups, shared his experience of covering a
mega event and gave guidance to young reporters.
Akram Khan, Secretary General PBF, declared
media a bridge between players and organizers and said in prevailing security
situation caused great damage to sports in Pakistan. “It’s high time for both
organizers and media to play their role in revival of sports culture,” he
added.
Ghulam Muhammad, Sports consultant of
National Bank, one of the major sponsors of sports in Pakistan, was of the view
that sponsorship is very important for promoting the games. He demanded of the
media to give due recognition to sponsors also.
Rafiq Ansari, Editor of weekly Sindh
Sports, threw lights on the problems being faced by journalists and lamented
that some organizers showed discrimination with low-category newspapers and
channels and preferred to cater information to top media houses.
Later, Sindh’s traditional gift ‘ajraks’
were presented to guests and certificates were distributed among the
participants. The workshop eulogized the services of former Secretary General,
PSWF, S. M. Naqi who passed away few months back and offered prayers for the
departed soul of father of Shahzad Malik, associate secretary of PSWF.
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