Eight prominent individuals nominated for Independence Award 2025

Eight prominent individuals have been nominated for the Independence Award 2025. Writer and public intellectual Badruddin Umar is among them. However, he stated in a statement today, Thursday (March 6), that he will not accept the Independence Award. In the statement, Badruddin Umar said, "Since 1973, various government and private organizations have offered me awards. I have not accepted any of them. Now the current interim government has announced giving me the Independence Award. I thank them for this. But it is not possible for me to accept this award given by them either."