Muharram In Hyderabad 2013 Oscar

Pakistan |2016-09-25 07:00:16
Seminary torched in 2013 riots to ‘reopen’ days before Muharram

RAWALPINDI: The newly-built Taleemul Quran seminary and its attached mosque, which burned down during riots in the garrison city three years ago, is set to be inaugurated – with the permission of the district administration – on Sept 29, just a couple of days before the start of Muharram...
The seminary and mosque were torched along with a nearby cloth market during violence that led to the clamping of curfew in Rawalpindi on Nov 15,...
Archive |2015-11-01 07:06:21
Foreign front: Missing the Oscar bus?

Every year come September the media tamasha begins with the media blaming the selection committee for getting it wrong — sending a flawed or a unremarkable film, as the official entry to the biggest jamboree of Hollywood films...
Interestingly, their ranting is justified — till now India hasn’t been able to bag a single award though it has been making films for over a century now
Archive |2017-11-11 07:13:35
Iran’s first Oscar submission directed by woman causes stir

“The West is already spreading enough negative propaganda against us, so we shouldn’t spend our taxes on such a film,” Naghdi said, citing that the state-run Farabi Cinema Foundation submitted Breath for the Oscar...
Last year, Iranian director Asghar Farhadi won his second Oscar with his film The Salesman, but declined to attend the award ceremony because of Trump’s travel ban...
Archive |2015-05-25 06:45:35
Lava Man upstages Miss Oscar at Karachi races

KARACHI: Never-say-die Lava Man, an 11-year-old chestnut horse, overcame victory jinx by lowering the colours of public fancy three-year-old chestnut filly Miss Oscar to land the day’s feature event in the Gymkhana race meeting at the Karachi Racecourse on Sunday...
Lava Man and Miss Oscar ran a neck-and-neck race but the former having handicap advantage edged the latter at the winning post by head to make amends besides denying his...
Archive |2015-05-26 06:57:32
Oscar winner shares her experience of working in conflict zones

KARACHI: As part of a series of live conversations with some of the biggest and brightest figures in Pakistan, DawnTalks hosted its third conversation with Pakistan’s only Oscar winner, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, on Monday...
Archive |2015-05-06 06:09:44
Injured Oscar ruled out of Copa America

RIO DE JANEIRO: A training-ground injury has ruled Chelsea midfielder Oscar out of Brazil’s squad for next month’s Copa America in Chile, coach Dunga said on Tuesday...
“Oscar got an injury in his last training session with Chelsea, we spoke with [Chelsea manager Jose] Mourinho and the doctor at Chelsea and his recuperation will take time and he won’t be at his best during the Copa America,” Dunga said...
Archive |2015-06-15 06:40:51
Miss Oscar shines in feature event at Karachi races

Three-year-old chestnut filly Miss Oscar romped home by four lengths in the feature event while defeating 11-year-old chestnut horse Lava Man to avenge her last defeat...
Backed by the connection, Miss Oscar justified her credentials when she won in a straight-to-finish bid over Lava Man who had interrupted the former’s winning streak in the preceding run...
Archive |2016-06-13 06:54:53
Oscar Pistorius’s re-sentencing hearing opens today

SOMERSET WEST: Oscar Pistorius is going back to jail...
The three-year legal saga that began with the fatal gunshots in the pre-dawn hours of Valentine’s Day 2013 now appears to be near its end...
Archive |2016-03-30 06:44:07
Oscar-winning actress Patty Duke dies at 69

LOS ANGELES: Actress and singer Patty Duke, who won an Oscar at age 16 for her portrayal of deaf-blind political activist Helen Keller in “The Miracle Worker,” died on Tuesday...
Archive |2016-03-06 06:36:21
In fashion: Sharmeen’s Oscar odyssey — what she wore

In 2012, when she had won her first Oscar award for her documentary Saving Face, Sharmeen had worn Bunto Kazmi...
At the DVF Oscar luncheon for female nominees, she wore a blue and white silk cape designed by HSY over a plain blue shirt and pants...
Pakistan |2016-02-08 13:19:29
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy hopes Oscar-nominated film will help end honour killings

KARACHI: Oscar-winning filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy hopes her latest Academy Award-nominated documentary will help bring tougher laws against honour killings in Pakistan, which account for the deaths of hundreds of women and men each year...
The film, which follows the story of a young woman who survived attempted murder by her father and uncle after marrying a man without their approval, was nominated for an Oscar in January,...
Archive |2016-03-05 04:25:27
An Oscar for reality

THOSE criticising film-maker Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy for ‘damaging Pakistan’s image’ in her Oscar-winning documentary on ‘honour’ killings in Pakistan ought to watch the movie that won the award for best picture...
Archive |2016-08-07 06:43:11
Oscar call

It’s that time of year when the Pakistani Academy Selection Committee, headed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, invites the country’s film-makers to submit their films for Oscar consideration in the Foreign Language Film Award category (this time round, it’s for the 89th Academy awards)...
If your film reaches them a minute late, consider your Oscar dream wasted for one year...
Pakistan |2016-03-06 06:34:54
Oscar double winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy rejects criticism of documentary

She was speaking at a press conference held to discuss her documentary A Girl in the River which won Ms Obaid-Chinoy her second Oscar award in four years on Feb 29...
She started off by thanking the entire Pakistan for watching the Oscar award ceremony and congratulating her through different messages...
Archive |2016-01-15 07:03:16
‘Revenant’ leads Oscar nominations with 12, only white actors again

The miss for “Carol” meant one usual Oscar heavyweight — Harvey Weinstein — won’t have a horse in the best picture race for the first time since 2007...