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PAKISTAN: Desperation, Lack of Options Drive Women to Abortion
Hamida, a frail 65-year-old woman, works deep in a squatter settlement in this port city A trained 'dai' or traditional birth attendant, Hamida knows well that some of the work she does is illegal, because abortions are not permitted in Pakistan unless necessary to save the life of a pregnant woman.MEDIA-PAKISTAN: Viewers Rue Continued Ban on Indian Channels
''I'm really missing these plays,'' homemaker Afsan says of the Indian soaps that used to be daily evening fare for many Pakistanis here, glued to the television.MEDIA-PAKISTAN: Viewers Rue Continued Ban on Indian Channels
''I'm really missing these plays,'' homemaker Afsan says of the Indian soaps that used to be daily evening fare for many Pakistanis here, glued to the television.HEALTH-PAKISTAN: Risk of HIV/AIDS Follows Some Migrants Home
''I call him my failure,'' Dr Ashraf Memon said of Mohammad Wali, ''because even after seven years we have not been able to persuade him to bring his family for testing.''DEVELOPMENT-PAKISTAN: Oil Spill Takes Toll on Local Lives, Economy
Asif Noorani, editor of the popular 'Star Weekend', resident of an apartment in Sea View, facing the Clifton beach here, refuses to give in to people's scepticism about the enormous health hazard caused by the recent oil spill that has affected this southern port city.DEVELOPMENT-PAKISTAN: Oil Spill Takes Toll on Local Lives, Economy
Asif Noorani, editor of the popular 'Star Weekend', resident of an apartment in Sea View, facing the Clifton beach here, refuses to give in to people's scepticism about the enormous health hazard caused by the recent oil spill that has affected this southern port city.CULTURE-PAKISTAN: Dancer Makes Fragile Stand For Peace
''The day I stop dancing will be the day I die,'' said Sheema Kermani, Pakistan's leading classical dancer. The petite 52-year-old is not given to making such statements lightly, and particularly not given the cultural repression and outright threats she has faced./ARTS WEEKLY/MUSIC-PAKISTAN: Reviving the ‘Rabab’ Far from Easy
According to sixty-something Gul Mohammad, the 'rabab' is the 'king of Pashto music', and without this traditional string instrument, "Pashto music would be lifeless"./ARTS WEEKLY/PAKISTAN: Mystery of the Persian Mummy Continues
Save for a decent Muslim burial, the 'mummy' that created a furore among archaeologists around the world in 2000 when it was discovered in Pakistan, lies in a cold, uneasy slumber, sealed and locked in the mortuary of Edhi Foundation here.RIGHTS-PAKISTAN: Glass Bangle Industry Rides On Child Labour
Hunched over the flame, a bangle in one hand and a long, thin glass stick in the other, Shumaila works on the floor of a back room in a small, two-room house. With the doors and windows closed, the heat is stifling, but the 15-year-old girl concentrates on etching floral patterns on the glass bangles.RIGHTS-PAKISTAN: Glass Bangle Industry Rides On Child Labour
Hunched over the flame, a bangle in one hand and a long, thin glass stick in the other, Shumaila works on the floor of a back room in a small, two-room house. With the doors and windows closed, the heat is stifling, but the 15-year-old girl concentrates on etching floral patterns on the glass bangles.PAKISTAN: Poverty Ensures that Camel Jockey Trade Persists
Sehr, 14, has a toy camel he plays with. When he grows up, he wants to be a camel keeper because he knows he will not be able to race one./ARTS WEEKLY/PAKISTAN: Forgotten Statues Await New Life
She looks on with lifeless eyes, the widow's veil poised on her graceful head. There is no sign of the orb or the sceptre, or the right arm or the left hand. The nose is brutally disfigured for a queen. Someone has cruelly dropped tar on her imperial robes.PAKISTAN: Truckers’ Sexual Behaviour a Risky Journey to HIV/AIDS
Khurshid, a truck driver for more than seven years now, says he is enticed by the charm of this southern Pakistani city, but would not bring his wife and children here even if he earned enough money to do that./ARTS WEEKLY/ART-PAKISTAN: ‘Cartoon is Blank Verse’
Is it valid to render tragic moments and events in illustrations? What is so funny about the invasion and occupation of Iraq, or for that matter, the barbs that the governments of India and Pakistan are trading?PAKISTAN: Horse-drawn ‘Tonga’ Won’t Go without a Whimper
Imran's salt-and-pepper hair belie his 20-something age, but he blames it on the "tension-ridden life the poor are destined to live".« Previous Page
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