Women - 4

Half a world away from her close-knit family and her home in Karachi, Pakistan, Tayyaba Rizvi has found herself warmly welcomed into the busy household of her new ‘mom,’ Bonnie Schutts, and new Kayla, age 11. Rizvi finds Dunn County’s rural landscape and comparatively low population density a marked contrast to the very crowded city [...]

Mukhtaran Bibi, a Pakistani rape victim, is to receive a “Woman Of the Year” award today from the US magazine Glamour. The 31-year-old Punjabi villager will also receive $20,000 (£11,350) at a ceremony in New York’s Lincoln Centre alongside 11 other nominees including Catherine Zeta-Jones. “This is a story that I think is going to [...]

Ayesha Rabia Naveed has become the first woman captain of a commercial aeroplane in Pakistan. Ms Ayesha Rabia Naveed has become the first woman captain of a commercial plane after flying a PIA aeroplane on Oct 21. Ms Ayesha has been with the PIA for more than 15 years. During her career, she has flown [...]

“A Thousand and One Days: The Art of Pakistani Women Miniaturists” features 51 contemporary paintings by eight women artists who hail from Pakistan, where for centuries, women have been subservient to men. Another common theme centers around the image of the chaddar, the veil Islamic women use to cover themselves. Artist Shehrbano Qizilbash says she [...]

It’s probably not all that remarkable that a young American went to Pakistan and found fascinating the traditions that define daily life there, from the calls to prayer to the garishly decorated transport trucks. This was the experience of Chiara Angela Kovarik, a Mendota Heights teenager who with her parents spent a month in Pakistan [...]

Pakistan’s arch-rivals India along with Sri Lanka and possibly Bangladesh will take part in the tournament in Karachi from December 26 to January 4. Cricket has been drawing a growing female fan base in India, while across the border the women’s sport got a shot in the arm earlier this year when it was placed [...]

The Rotary Club of Bukit Bintang has come up with a novel way to raise money for The Star South Asia Quake Fund – giving the public an opportunity to take pictures of several reigning national beauty queens. Miss Malaysia Chinatown International 2005 Winnie Chan and second runner-up April Yong will kick off the fund-raising [...]

Henna producers have popstars like Madonna and Sting to thank for making the tradition a part of America’s mainstream culture. But for Muslims, the dye, which is a pigment made from a plant native to the Middle East and especially Pakistan, has been an age-old tradition dating back centuries, when women used henna for ritual [...]

Tania, Ester and a few other women are making a bit of history along with some controversy as well. With a job title of “sales promoters,” the women are first of their sex to pump gas in Pakistan. Ayesha Malik was born into a rich family but instead of a silver spoon in her mouth, [...]

The first women’s cricket series between Pakistan and India will begin in Lahore on Wednesday with only families allowed to watch because of cultural restrictions in the country. Women’s sporting events in Pakistan have been on the rise even though religious, social and cultural taboos have made it difficult for women to take part in [...]