Oscar for Bloggers

Red Carpet, Camera Flashes, Glamorous outfits, and Sexy gadgets. Ladies & Gentlemen, it wasn’t an ordinary award night, it wasn’t about actors, stars, drama queens, and Directors. It wasn’t about acknowledging efforts of those people who entertain us in front of camera using traditional media.

It was all about recognizing the work of those Rebellious People who choose to go against rules and regulations of this ordinary and complicated Society. It was about those who decided to have their own views, their own thoughts, and their own voices. It was about those people who see each and every thing, their own way and they just share it around with millions of others. It was about those who are carrying the flag of PAKISTAN in Social Media. It was a night to acknowledge and recognize the efforts of Bloggers, Pakistani Bloggers.

Badar Khushnood (Google Pakistan country Consultant) and Rabia Garib from CIOPakistan deserve credits for bringing whole Pakistani’s blogosphere and fraternity under one roof and organizing Pakistan’s first ever Blog Awards. It was held at Regent Plaza hotel in Karachi on 28th May 2010. Bloggers from all part of Pakistan was present and met with  fellows whom they knew by their Twitter IDs only. There were 3 UnConference sessions as well, attended by Experts from different Corporate sectors in which they gave an opportunity for audience to ask and discuss about different topics covering Social Media and Pakistan.

Thanx to regular tweets from few attendees and Video stream, those who weren’t able to make it, they felt part of it too. Although there were few slip-ups from the organizing point of view but i believe that by the time it will get better, since it was first time event of this kind happened. I am sure events like this will increase the profile of Blogging and using social media in Pakistan. It will encourage lot of people to start blogging.

I would like to Congratulate all the winners. You guys are the future of Pakistan. Keep up the Good Work.

Few pictures from the Award Night.  Taken from CIOPakistan

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So did you attended the event? what's your comment about it? How was the overall show? Did you won an award?

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