Pune institute announces award for Kashmiri journalist, backtracks on honouring her

A private educational institute in Pune announced a ‘Journalism for Peace’ award for Kashmiri journalist Safina Nabi, along with two other independent journalists, Tora Agarwala and Sonal Pateria. The award ceremony was originally scheduled for October 18. However, Safina Nabi claimed that on October 16, the institute informed her that her award had been canceled due to alleged “political pressure.”