Pakistan: Does a veiled woman make you uncomfortable? (Tribune)
How does veil make people feel in a Muslim country. Personally I am no one to tell a woman what she should wear but yes there are few things which I have a strong opinion about - and some people might not like them. (via umalik)
A discussion you wouldn’t think be happening in Pakistan, but hey here is something to surprise you with.
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Although probably not dancing, the ‘dancing girl’ is unquestionably ‘a pleasing little thing’. Naked save for a chunky necklace and an assortment of bangles, this minuscule statuette is not of the usual Indian sex symbol, full of breast and wide of hip, but of a slender nymphet happily flaunting her puberty with delightful insouciance. Her pose is studiously casual, one spindly arm bent with the hand resting on a déhanché hip, the other dangling so as to brush a slightly raised knee. Slim and attenuated, the legs are slightly parted, and one foot - both are now missing - must have been pointed. She could be absent-mindedly surveying her wardrobe, except that her head is thrown back as if challenging a suitor, and her hair is somehow dressed into a heavy plaited chignon of perilous but intentionally dramatic construction. Decidedly, she wants to be admired; and she might be gratified to know that, four thousand years later, she still is.
Keay, John. India: A History. Atlantic Monthly Press, 2000, p. 15 (via 6656)
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Pakistani female cadets at a military march in Pakistan. Swag to the left, swag to the right. Women in khaki, so badass.
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Lubna Agha loses her final battle
AMONG the top ranking Pakistani-American artists, Lubna Agha, who sadly passed away on Sunday in Boston, did not opt to convey her themes to Western art enthusiasts through traditional genres like miniatures, but chose to communicate through an idiom which was unique and, at the same time, not totally alien to them. She combined the modern-abstract style of the West with traditional Islamic art motifs. (source)
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![Maria Toor Pakay becomes the first Pakistan-born woman ever to reach a British Open main draw
World number one Nicol David will have a surprising first round opponent when she begins her campaign to win back the British Open title here on Tuesday.
The legendary Malaysian will take on Maria Toor Pakay who became the first Pakistan-born woman ever to reach a British Open main draw after upsetting the seedings in the qualifying competition.
The 21-year-old left-hander from Peshawar overcame Emily Whitlock, the European junior champion, by 11-5, 4-11, 8-11, 11-6, 11-7 in a 46-minute struggle which ended in the English player’s first defeat in any competition since January.
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I told you Pakistani women are badass. Proof - yet again. (via mehreenkasana)
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Maria Toor Pakay becomes the first Pakistan-born woman ever to reach a British Open main draw
World number one Nicol David will have a surprising first round opponent when she begins her campaign to win back the British Open title here on Tuesday.
The legendary Malaysian will take on Maria Toor Pakay who became the first Pakistan-born woman ever to reach a British Open main draw after upsetting the seedings in the qualifying competition.
The 21-year-old left-hander from Peshawar overcame Emily Whitlock, the European junior champion, by 11-5, 4-11, 8-11, 11-6, 11-7 in a 46-minute struggle which ended in the English player’s first defeat in any competition since January.
I told you Pakistani women are badass. Proof - yet again. (via mehreenkasana)
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A Pakistani Christian girl sits among religious posters on display for sale in a public park during Easter celebrations in Peshawar.
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She was selected for the UNESCO-L’Oreal Fellowship This is highly prestigious award which is designed to identify and reward fifteen committed and talented young scientists, from all over the world and allowed her to work in University of Cambridge, UK. She has been selected for this award from around the world.
She attended the 60thNoble Laureates Meeting Lindau, Germany, June 2010.
Each of the selected candidates belongs to the budding scientific elite of their respective countries, and has passed a multi-stage international selection procedure.
The Council workgroup then makes its final selection from this pool of Best Talents, examining 1,500 profiles for every Meeting before finally choosing the top applicants to receive an invitation to Lindau. The Lindau Meetings contribute to the establishment of international networks of scientific excellence.
She was selected for the Robert Bosch Stiftung Fellow, Germany, 16 July,
2010. Knowledge dissemination, targeted youth training and support for international
networking in science gathering for excellent young scientists from around the world.
IGNITE entrepreneurship Programme, Judge Buisness School, University of Cambridge, UK, June 2011. She has selected for the EPSRC, UK from a pool of 15 thousands candidates IGNITE fellowship.
Einstein Young Scholar Award, Germany, 8 Nov, 2010. She was chosen by the
Einstein Foundation Berlin as one of the young scientists from the UK to participate
as an ‘Einstein Young Scholar’ in the 2010 Falling Walls Science Conference on Future Breakthroughs in Science and Society.
Some of her links are as follows,
http://www.hec.gov.pk/InsideHEC/Divisions/HRD/Scholarships/Stories/Pages/IshratBano.aspx
http://www.unesco.org.uk/four_of_the_2009_unesco-l’oreal_international_fellowships_winners_to_study_at_uk_institutions
http://www.diversitycareers.com/articles/pro/09-junjul/newsviews.htm#and
http://www.loreal.com/_en/_ww/index.aspx?direct1=00008&direct2=00008/00003&direct3=00008/00003/00002&direct4=00008/00003/00002/00011&direct5=00008/00003/00002/00011/00003/00003
http://portal.unesco.org/science/en/ev.php-URL_ID=7455&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
http://www.msm.cam.ac.uk/djf/people/ishrat%20bano.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQ0-ckvA_5M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQg8pPDm29s
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cfel/5956864107/in/set-72157627238538514
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Thank you for the submission Xinnia Ali.
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A few years ago Pakistani’s got together to make the world’s largest flag.
Yesterday (March 23rd, 2012), Pakistani students in Lahore painted the world’s largest flag on Pakistan day.
This is the power of our youth, when we unite for a cause, impossible really is just a word. (via zushan)
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Pakistani activist gets US’ International Women of Courage Award
WASHINGTON: A Pakistani woman activist from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa has been conferred with the International Women of Courage award by the US.
Shad Begum was presented the award by US First Lady Michelle Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at a ceremony on Thursday, which was also attended by Pakistan’s Ambassador to the US Sherry Rehman.
Shad hails from Lower Dir district of Malakand division, which was briefly under militant rule before the Pakistan Army launched an operation in May 2009. She has been recognised for her contribution to the improvement in the lives of women in conservative communities.
Shad is among 10 women who were given the award from as many countries, which are Afghanistan, Pakistan, Burma, Sudan, Cambodia, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Maldives, Turkey and Brazil.
Born in 1974, Shad founded the Anjuman Behbud-e-Khawateen Talash (ABKT) in Lower Dir in 1994 to work on women rights and development. The organisation has now been renamed as the Association for Behaviour and Knowledge Transformation (ABKT).
Last year, a Pakistani woman named Ghulam Sughra, was given the award. (via pakistank2)
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