Month: February 2012

Acid victim wants son to be plastic surgeon

MUZAFFARGARH: Rukhsana Bibi, a central character in Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s ‘Saving Face’, is yet to see the film but is happy to know that it has...

The women behind the Oscar

KARACHI: Behind the glamour of Pakistan on the Academy Awards red carpet and the outpouring of excitement on television, Twitter and Facebook lies the bravery...

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s documentary wins Oscar

Pakistani journalist and documentarian Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s latest venture Saving Face has won an Oscar award under the category ‘Best Documentary, Short Subject’. In her acceptance...

Another minor raped and murdered

Karachi: Yet another child has fallen into the clutches of a sexual predator, as the strangled body of a five-year-old girl was found at an...