International media have reported that Yalda Hakim, an Afghan-Australian journalist, has won the “Presenter of the Year” award from the Royal Television Society for her work at Sky News.
Sky News said in a statement published on its X account that Yalda Hakim was not present at the award ceremony and is currently covering various reports in the Middle East.
The statement added that over the past year Hakim has interviewed several prominent world leaders.
One of Hakim’s most controversial interviews was with Khawaja Asif, Pakistan’s defence minister.
During the interview, Asif was asked about financing and training terrorists and responded that his country had done the “dirty work” for the United States for three decades.
Yalda Hakim’s recognition as Presenter of the Year comes at a time when the current authorities, after taking control of Afghanistan, have deprived women and girls of education. In their latest restriction, they closed the doors of medical institutes to girls and women, even though the health sector across Afghanistan is facing a shortage of personnel.
This decision by the current authorities has left millions of schoolgirls without access to education.
In addition, women have been banned from going to gyms, restaurants, and public bathhouses, being examined by male doctors, traveling without a male guardian, and working in domestic and international non-governmental organizations and even in United Nations offices in Afghanistan.
