Blog Awards 2011 with all their ho-humness were all about youth and encouraging their voices to be heard across. With the aim of providing a platform to the views that usually go unheard or are stifled owing to the prevalent intolerance in the Pakistani society today, Google, PC World and Telenor came together under a common banner of Pakistan Blog Awards and arranged a two day event, Unconference and Gala Night.
The modestly glitzy Gala Night at Regent Plaza Hotel had all the right ingredients to not only make the event a big success but also to provide an incentive and a moral boost to the people who make significant efforts in bringing about a change- a common rhetoric these days.
In the backdrop of PTI’s massive success in Lahore, the idea of using social media as an effective tool in contributing to spread awareness and enlightenment is rapidly catching on. It has also brought some very talented people glutted with the art of articulation, to the limelight, so they could employ their skills to raise voices on the issues generally tuned out as Taboos. With so many bloggers revving up and social media activities on their upswing, Blog Awards served to acknowledge and honor these efforts and bring them to another level.
Some of the prominent bloggers and twitteratis present on the occasion were: Faisal Qureshi, Beena Sarwar, Ali K Chishti, Awab Alvi, Faisal Kapadia, Badar Khushnood, Rabia Gharib, Abdul Hameed Kath, Abid Beli, Jehanara .
While the event was still catching its momentum after recitation, opening speech and a tableau, Imran Khan’s sudden appearance phenomenally stoked the fire to the event. In his brief appearance, he commended the efforts of the bloggers and asserted that youth and bloggers have supported him a lot in his movement and his presence was purely with the intent of appreciating and supporting them.
Out of 25 nominations from each category, some of the blogs that won awards were:
Aisha Aijaz’s ‘My Bit for Change’ – for the Best Social Activist BlogBeena Sarwar’s (The News, Jang Group) BlogSpot – Best Journalist BlogAli K Chishtie’s BlogSpot Best Political Coverage BlogPakistan Blog awards surely stand in the league of their own. Promoting the freedom of meaningful expression, such events are surely set to bring out the much needed positive change in our society.
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