Tag: Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

Screening of Sharmeen Obaid’s Oscar-winning documentary draws huge crowd

The Last Word bookstore was jam-packed on Friday with people from all walks of life who came to watch the screening of Sharmeen Obaid...

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy pays tribute to Lahore Blast victims

Pakistan’s first Academy award winner, director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, has paid tribute to victims of the Lahore park bombing in the eastern city of Lahore...

Syed Noor mocked after claim that Sharmeen stole his idea of...

After Syed Noor’s alleged claim that Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy stole his idea and script for her recent Academy Award winning documentary film ‘A Girl in...

Sharmeen Obaid makes Pakistanis proud again, bags a second Oscar

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy on Sunday became the first Pakistani to win two Oscar awards, this time for yet another documentary ‘A Girl in the River:...

‘If people don’t go to jail for honour killing, how will...

"How is this going down in your home country? You keep poking your lens where it's least welcome," CNN Chief International Correspondent Christiane Amanpour...

No honour in honour killing, says PM

Nawaz Sharif says govt will take administrative measures against honour killings

PM vows to remove ‘stain’ of honour killings from Pakistan

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday met Oscar-winning filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy at the Prime Minister’s House. “Customs and practices like honour killings have nothing...

Pak High commission in London holds reception for Shermeen

Pakistan High commission in London organised a reception in honor of Shermeen Obaid Chinoy, the Oscar award winner. Speaking on the occasion, the Oscar award...

Country’s best women converge at Mohatta

Fresh of an Oscar win, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy has been awarded one of the most sought after accolades in Pakistan, a People’s Choice Award for...

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy: People treat me like a man!

Documentary filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy talks about her future plans, her family and more, post the first Oscar win for Pakistan. When asked about her...

It’s up to the government now, says Sharmeen

Oscar-winning director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy on Saturday called on the government to promulgate effective laws to regulate the purchase and sale of acid to curb...

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy interested in making feature film

Pakistan’s first Oscar winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy recently talked about winning the Oscar, meeting Angelina Jolie at the Academy backstage and about directing a feature...

Why Sharmeen’s Oscar win was much-awaited in Pakistan

A s 33-year-old Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy stood with her Oscar in a Bunto Kazmi designer outfit, she represented the many parts of the whole that...

Iran and Pakistan at the Oscars

Steve Coll writes for the New Yorker that it has been hard to find much art in mainstream American politics this winter or to...

Encroachments on watercourses now non-bailable offence

The Sindh Assembly on Wednesday declared the encroachment of the natural and artificial depression watercourses a non-bailable offence, and also paid rich tributes to...

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy launches anti-acid campaign

Pakistan's first Oscar winner launched a campaign, hoping that her documentary about survivors of acid attacks can help eliminate a crime that disfigures hundreds...

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy launches anti-acid campaign

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...