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Anchor Marco Werman has news of an event presenting a different picture of Pakistan. That’s Pakistan’s Fashion Week.
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MARCO WERMAN: One other piece of news out of Pakistan. It’s currently Pakistan Fashion Week. Surprising right? Well the four day event is billed as a chance for Pakistan’s top fashion designers to show off their wares. It’s also an opportunity for the country to promote an image that doesn’t include violence and militant extremism. You can see that alternative image of Pakistan on the runway in Karachi. Models strutted in short or backless dresses. Others showed bare midriffs. Ayesha Tammy Haq is Chief Executive of the fashion week. She says that the event is necessary to boost business.
AYESHA TAMMY HAQ: These people who are here, all of them employ hundreds and thousands of people so we need jobs to continue, we need that job market to grow. You know, we kick start this economy. Fashion is a big thing, let’s make it bigger.
WERMAN: Pakistan’s fashion week was twice delayed over security concerns and one of the models taking part, Nadia Hussain, says she was a little scared as she got ready to take to the runway. But Hussain says life has to go on.
NADIA HUSSAIN: I think fashion has also made it a point that fashion will continue as well.
WERMAN: Still, not everyone feels that way it seems. Journalists from major international fashion magazines were expected to attend, but in the end, few showed up.
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