1st GR8 Women Awards 2014 Won by Sidra Iqbal
Sidra is a popular TV host as well as a actual life example of “beauty with brains” making her the ideal candidate to represent Pakistani ladies across the board on a worldwide platform. Looking like a million dollars at the Dubai event in an outfit by ace designer Saniya Maskatiya, Sidra surely turned plenty of heads as they walked down the red carpet & later accepted her award on stage. Mr Ashish Bagga, Chief Executive Officer of the India Today group, the leading media group of India, introduced the award to Sidra.
Speaking about receiving the award for her work, Sidra said "As a journalist in Pakistan they are faced with a quick changing political and security surroundings, sometimes so quick in changing tunes that it leaves us gasping to understand the actual nuances. The assignments take me in all places, from closed door media briefings at the Presidency, to scenes of utter devastation after a natural havoc, but the most trying of experiences has been to meet and interact with the brave ladies who mourn the untimely deaths of their loved ones at the hands of extremist assaults. Historically few years over 50,000 innocent civilians have lost their lives in these terrorist assaults in Pakistan. This evil has struck close to home as friends and colleagues have lost their lives in this battle to uphold and safeguard our sensibilities. But it is not the battles that they have lost that haunt us the most, but the ones they seldom mustered the bravery to fight. The GR8 Ladies Award in Journalism has rejuvenated my will and my spirits. May this forum of substance grow and flourish.”
The GR8 Women Awards have been organized for the past 3 years by the Indian Television Academy and serve to recognize women from all walks of life for their achievements.
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