Who is Sharmeen Obiad Chinoy? Wikipedia

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (born 1978) is an internationally renowned Emmy and Oscar award winning Pakistani journalist and documentarian. She won an Emmy for her documentary, Pakistan: Children of the Taliban in 2010.[1][2] She is also the first non-American to win the Livingston Award for Young Journalists.[2] .[3] On 26 February 2012 Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy won an Oscar for her documentary Saving Face. She is the first Pakistani to win the prestigious award.[4] Early lifeSharmeen Obaid was born in Karachi to an Urdu speaking family, and attended the Karachi Grammar School.[5] Sharmeen graduated from Smith College with a bachelor of arts in economics and government and then went to complete two master's degrees from Stanford University in International...

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Pakistani Journalist & film maker Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy wins Oscar Award

Los Angeles: In the 84 years history of the Oscar Award  Pakistani film maker "Sharmeen Obiad Chinoy" becomes 1st Pakistani to get honored with the award for her documentary film “Saving Face”. Film was in the “documentary, short film” category was nominated for the Oscar nominations to earn. In the 84 history of the Oscar Award, she is the first Pakistani to have received the national award. Obaid, who has directed several documentaries, won an Emmy award in 2010 for her documentary Pakistan: Children of the Taliban. Saving face, the Karachi-based filmmaker who has co-directed by Daniel Junge, describes the life of a British Pakistani surgeon who donates his time to heal acid victims in Pakistan. The film is set to be released in...

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Bible in which 'Jesus predicts coming of Muhammad' unearthed in Turkey

A secret Bible in which Jesus is believed to predict the coming of the Prophet Muhammad to Earth has sparked serious interest from the Vatican.Pope Benedict XVI is claimed to want to see the 1,500-year-old book, which many say is the Gospel of Barnabas, that has been hidden by the Turkish state for the last 12 years.The £14million handwritten gold lettered tome, penned in Jesus' native Aramaic language, is said to contain his early teachings and a prediction of the Prophet's coming. The leather-bound text, written on animal hide, was discovered by Turkish police during an anti-smuggling operation in 2000. It was closely guarded until 2010, when it was finally handed over to the Ankara Ethnography Museum, and will soon be put back on public...

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Pakistani media silence on Quran Burning incident by Terrorist forces in Afghanistan

Karachi-Routers, Pakistani media kept in silence after a big incident of burning Qur'an Pak in Afghanistan by US forces.It is noted that Pakistani media shows all anti Islamic culture activities with full colors and by mixing different types of flavors in it which seems to be very interesting to viewers and channels get high rating through these cheap things .A very good example is recent 14 February Valentine Day coverage by Pakistani media.They broadcasted dramas , shows, interviews just like that it was a religious or cultural festival in Pakistan.Islam do not allow such types of Valentine Day.But in the race of rating, Pakistani media have forgot all their beliefs and actual duties.They can show haram  death (Suicide) by individual...

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U.S. Major and colonel killed in Afghanistan as protests continue over Quran burning

All American and international advisers today deserted Afghan government buildings after two senior US officers were murdered in their office at the interior ministry in Kabul. The unnamed colonel and major were shot in the head at the high security compound at the heart of the Afghan government, Reports suggest they were shot in the ministry's command and control centre. The compound would have been crawling with Afghan police. The killing of the two high ranking US military advisers- is thought to be retaliation for American troops burning copies of the Koran - as bitter protests over the controversial actions enter their fifth day. NATO earlier issued a statement confirming the two deaths. It said.'Initial reports indicate an individual...

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Incitement to mutiny: Officers accused of influencing Brig Ali’s trial

The family of an army brigadier, who was arrested on charges of inciting mutiny and plotting attacks on the army headquarters, has alleged that the military brass is influencing his court martial proceedings. Talking to the BBC, a younger brother of Brig Ali Khan said that his elder brother was not being allowed to meet his civil attorney, making the family believe that the court martial proceedings would not be transparent. Malik Bashir said that he and his lawyer, Asad Manzoor Butt, arrived at the Sialkot garrison to see Brig Ali with a prior permission from the authorities but the counsel was not allowed to see his client. The military authorities insist that only a military-appointed defence counsel can see Brig Ali. “This is violation...

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