What is the big benefit of having a Fashion Week in Pakistan?
My main aim besides fashion, which I obviously love, is to promote a positive image of Pakistan. I am in many ways a very patriotic person. I think this Fashion Week will really help us out. The world will not see Pakistan as fundamentalist and extremist nation, but a more progressive and talented nation with so much potential. Unfortunately the media over here only portrays the wrong side of Pakistan. We are open hearted and fun people. I think it’s really sad that people ”fix” the same kind of picture onto Pakistan and then they think that’s what it really is. What they show on CNN and Fox news is a complete misrepresentation of Pakistan. With the right kind of media coverage, we can portray the softer image of Pakistan, because that is who we really are! There is a new Pakistan and it’s good for people to see that. So what is this new Pakistan and what is causing these changes? There was a huge brain drain and now the people are coming back and giving back to the country. The new
