Memorial to South Asian journalists planned in Washington
By Rubina Jabbar
A memorial is being set up for South Asian journalists in Washington DC, US. It will display the photographs of journalists from Pakistan and India who lost their lives while discharging their professional duties.
The permanent exhibit, to be called Journalists Memorial, will consist of a large glass wall with the names of the journalists and the circumstances of the death of each etched into it. At the foot of the wall there will be a digital kiosk where photos of those listed can be accessed. Also, there will be paneled photo-enlargements as part of the exhibit.
“Newseum”, a US-based interactive museum, which has been setting up the memorial, now seeks help finding photos of the Pakistani journalists killed while performing their job.
Journalists whose details are required include:
– Ahmed Khan Kamal of Pakistan Press International (PPI), who died on June 2, 1990.
– Rahat Kazmi of Jang, who died on May 31, 1990
– Mansoor Khan of The Democrat who died on July 3, 1990
– Soofi Mohammad Khan of Ummat, who died on May 2, 2000
– Syed Mutahir Hussain Naqvi of Nawa-I-Waqt who died on June 2, 1990
– Mir Nawab (also known as Amir Nawab), a freelance photographer for AP TV News and reporter for Frontier Post who died in 2005
– Wasim Qazi, a freelance journalist who died on November 27, 1987
– Zamir Ahmed Qureshi of the Pakistan Press Association (PPA), who died on January 29, 1965
– Mian Abdur Rashid of Nawa-I-Waqt and The Nation, who died on September 16, 1991
– Mohammad Salahuddin of Takbeer, who died on December 4, 1994
– Ghulam Samdani of Parcham, who died on December 6, 1994
– Z.A. Shahid, a photographer for Khabrain, who died on January 18, 1997 and,
– Allah Noor Wazir, a freelance photographer for AP TV News, who died in 2005.
Nancy Aben of the Newseum, in an e-mail sent out to journalists around the world, appealed to the families, friends, and colleagues who may be having photographs of these journalists, to contact her by e-mail, [email protected], and assist her in the search.
The Newseum, which is part of the Freedom Forum Organisation, was established in Arlington, Virginia, USA, in 1997 with the mission of help the public and the news media understand one another better.
The Freedom Forum Journalists Memorial pays tribute to journalists who have died while trying to report the news.
As of 2004, the names of 1,528 journalists from around the world are etched on the memorial’s glass panels. The memorial is rededicated each year to include the names of journalists who died on duty the previous year.
“We have quite a moving ceremony every year on “World Press Freedom Day”. Friends and families of those listed come from the four corners of the earth to honour those who died bringing us the News,” Ms Aben said in her e-mail message.
Source: The News
Date:8/6/2005
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