The cricketers who cried wolf on October 29, 2013Last week, five female cricketers from the Multan region were banned from playing any professional cricket for six months and put on probation for one year. This announcement followed a ruling from the two-member inquiry committee set up by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). In this modern culture of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’, it is […]
Examining the Avenger on August 6, 2013Sunday night marked the debut of Pakistan’s much talked about series Burka Avenger. The show, conceived by Pakistani singer Aaron Haroon Rashid, is Pakistan’s first original animated series and the first series with a female superhero. It stars Jiya, a mild-mannered schoolteacher, who dons a sleek burka to conceal her identity as the Burka Avenger. […]