Senior journalist and editor-in-chief, Kashmir Observer, Sajjad Haider was presented with the Asian Arab Award 2018 here on Monday.
Haider received the award at a glittering function attended by diplomats, business leaders and government functionaries at JW Marriott UB City.
The award has come to Haider in recognition of his ‘outstanding contribution in building trust among Arab and Asian countries especially through platforms like Trans Asia News’, the first Pan-Asian news and information media service, which he helped establish in 2011.
Haider is the CEO of Trans Asia which has presence across South, Central and West Asia.
The award ceremony was organised by the Asian Arab Chamber of Commerce and diplomats and delegates from France, Bosnia and over a dozen Arab countries were present.