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Why all the attention for the 27-year-old British-born Pakistani comic? The answer is obvious once you meet her. The world’s premier Muslim comedienne, Britain’s Shazia Mirza, is making her Berkshire debut performing her stand-up act “The Last Temptation of Mirza,” which highlights her unique experience as an observant Muslim woman and comic. Presented by the [...]

“They would laugh at my suggestions until the Kabul exhibition was all sold out,” says a confident Arji, a Kabul-based Pakistani ceramist, of her proteges. Arjumand Karim, popularly known as Arji,did her foundation programme in ceramics from St.Martins College of Art in London and went on to graduate from Hunerkada, Islamabad, with a major in [...]

With the PCB now changing its mind, women’s cricket is getting a fillip in Pakistan. The PCB’s main objective is to effectively organize women’s teams at the regional and district level, to tap the talent for the national’s women team. Girls participating in the tournaments at all levels will be financially supported with a fixed [...]

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Women’s Wing Chairperson Mira Phailbus said on Wednesday that women’s national cricket team will feature in the forthcoming Women’s Champions Trophy to be held in July 2005. She said that they were expecting to form the women’s team in May this year so the girls could be further trained for the [...]

HERvoices: From Sindh is highlighted by a multimedia presentation featuring women and girls from the Sindh region of Pakistan. These 12 Sindhi women, who are from different social, economic and educational backgrounds, simply speak about their lives, sharing their thoughts on issues such as motherhood and war. By listening to these women speak, Reinhardt hopes [...]

Multiple organs donation from a brain-dead girl has extended much-required lease of life to four renal-failure and cataract patients, making their Eid unforgettable, doctors said on Tuesday. Two blind people can see the light of day through the donated corneas and two young men can lead a normal life due to the kidneys gifted by [...]

Pakistani journalists have until February 28 to enter a competition for the best gender-sensitive reporting. The Pakistani Press Foundation and UNESCO in Islamabad are organizing the third annual Gender in Journalism Awards. There are two awards in the competition. The first, open to both men and women, honors excellence in gender-sensitive reporting and coverage of [...]

Zuhra Nafees drinks in the sights and sounds of Peshawar’s riotous marketplace with newfound enthusiasm. A year ago the grate of a burqa separated her from the outside world. Today the late 20-something is clad in the traditional Muslim chador, the long cloth that covers her body from head to toe, but leaves her face [...]

It has been almost a month since Pooja Bhatt ‘s film Rog was premiered at the Kara film festival in Pakistan. However, for the actress-turned filmmaker and daughter of renowned filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt , the “sweet” experience still lingers in her memory. With the screening of her film Rog, which released all over India on [...]

Dispelling a common perception that women in Pakistan are not professionally employed and are restricted by their religious beliefs, a Pakistan-based lawyer today said more and more women are active in various fields. Nearly 40,000 women are working across Pakistan as councillors alone and there are women in every field including law and banking with [...]