MUZAFFARGARH – “It really hurt me, if I hear about the acid-throwing incident happen anywhere in the world. So, the win of an Oscar by ‘Saving Face’, truly made my happy, says 26-year-old Rukhsana Yasir, the pivotal character of Academy award-winning documentary, while talking to TheNation en route to Islamabad from Jatoi, Muzaffargarh the other […]
LAHORE: Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) condemned the kidnapping and alleged forced conversion to Islam of a Hindu girl, Rinkal, and urged the government to immediately hold a judicial inquiry of the incident. A statement issued by HRCP demanded protection for minorities. According to the statement, “Rinkal D/O Nand Lal, a teenage Hindu girl […]
Shahid Husain Karachi: Fujiyo Tsonemi, a Tokyo-based journalist, captures the life of Muslim women and writes extensively about them. A freelance journalist for the past 10 years, she has been filing stories for magazines like AFRA, Shincho, Yoniuri etc. A Buddhist by birth, she converted to Islam last year and continues to derive inspiration from […]
LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called upon the government to use military wherever it is necessary for putting an end to sectarian violence in the country. Calling for an impartial probe to apprehend those behind Tuesday’s attack on a bus in which 18 Shia men were killed, the HRCP, in a […]
PESHAWAR: Print and electronic media will be allowed limited coverage of Senate elections in the provincial assembly today (Friday). “We have asked the Election Commission to facilitate media coverage of (Friday proceedings) for some time,” information minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain said on Thursday when asked whether his government would continue with its 2009 policy of […]
By Sami Shah [email protected] Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy won an Oscar. She held the golden figurine depicting a nude man and inspired all Pakistani women with a simple but powerful speech. If she could achieve so much, then so can they. If even one more achieves the same, then the debt of gratitude we owe her will […]
Asim Yasin ISLAMABAD: Mian Raza Rabbani, who authored 18th and 19th constitutional amendments, has a firm belief that independent judiciary, free media and active civil society is prerequisite for the federalism. “The perception of strong federation has been rotten and now we have to move forward with the thinking that we can progress through making […]
Karachi: Each member of the Sindh Assembly on Wednesday had a different interpretation of Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s Oscar win. As Taimur Talpur boasted of his friendship with the filmmaker, women MPAs took pride in the fact that someone from them had achieved this honour for the country. They also unanimously passed a joint resolution to congratulate […]
KARACHI: A day-long training session for Sindh police officers was held at the Police Training College, Saeedabad, on Wednesday. It was organised by the Society for Human Rights and Prisoners Aid, says a press release. Titled ‘Refugee law and status of refugees in Pakistan’, the session was aimed at sensitising police officers on the concepts […]
Lahore: Mazars in Pakistan organised a ‘Women Empowerment Conference’ recently in Islamabad. The conference included female public representatives, CEOs, NGO activists, media celebrities and entrepreneurs who highlighted their experiences cherishing womanhood and the daily professional challenges they encounter. Ms Muriel de Saint Sauveur, International Marketing and Communication Director at Mazars, who has worked extensively to […]
KARACHI: Pakistan’s first Oscar winner launched a campaign on Tuesday, hoping that her documentary about survivors of acid attacks can help eliminate a crime that disfigures hundreds of women each year. “Saving Face” by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy won the short documentary category at the Academy Awards on Sunday. The film follows survivors in their fight to […]
Shamim Bano Karachi: At the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK), another woman has succumbed to her wounds after being allegedly tortured by her in-laws. Saima’s parents’ suspect that their daughter’s in-laws are involved in what they claim to be a ‘parricide’ but police says the woman was mentally disabled and […]
Karachi: The Sindh High Court on Tuesday dismissed a bail application of a man in a murder case. Khajan, along with others, was accused of murdering an 18-year-old-girl, Taslima Solangi, who had been declared a Kari by a Jirga in Khairpur in 2008. According to the prosecution, Taslima was murdered by her ex-husband, Ibrahim, a […]
After a long time I felt proud to be a Pakistani. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s Oscar victory, after the one and only Nobel Prize that our nation once won, is a beacon of hope and pride for the thousands of unsung and unknown heroes who keep the lights of Pakistan burning and manage occasionally to keep us […]
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