Second Oscar for Pak woman filmmaker

Pakistani filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy has won Oscar award for her short documentary on the issue of honour killings in Pakistan. She accepted the Best Documentary Short Subject award for ‘A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness’ during the 88th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre on Monday. The 37-year-old Pakistani-Canadian claimed her second career Oscar on the film that features case of an 18-year-old Pakistani girl who survived a brutal attack by her father and uncle bent on an "honour killing." In 2012, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy won an Oscar for her film "Saving Face" about acid attacks. She became the first Pakistani to triumph at Hollywood’s biggest awards ceremony.