KUALA LUMPUR - Exquisite Batik designed clothing is not just a traditional costume but designer batik outfits will look elegant when blended with modern fashion designs. Fashion designer Rasta ...

Pakistani fashion is at an interesting turn point. Designers are striving to push boundaries, fashion weeks are wielding heavy doses of glamour and th Sonya Battla showed a collection of beautiful ...

"Usually, our batik clothing, priced at RM600 each, would sell about 10 pairs a day, but since last January, sales of our ready-to-wear collection have surged, reaching up to 30 pairs a day ...

Pakistan's short history as a country has been very turbulent. Fighting among the provinces--as well as a deep-rooted conflict that led to a nuclear stand-off with India—prevented Pakistan from ...

Women working in Pakistan’s hospitals say they face sexual harassment, violence and verbal abuse. Nazia Shaheen was given a life sentence for the killing by an Italian court last December.

Solo, Indonesia – Gunawan Setiawan is the fourth generation of batik makers and sellers in his family, and hails from the historic royal city of Surakarta, or Solo, in Central Java which is also ...

The 45-year-old is among an estimated 700,000 workers who have lost their jobs in recent years, following the closure of about 1,600 clothing factories in crisis-hit Pakistan. This amounts to a ...

Pakistani police fired tear gas and charged at student protesters who ransacked a college building Thursday, as anger spread over an alleged on-campus rape, prompting the government to shut ...

Annie Gowen traveled with Saiyna Bashir in Sindh province, Pakistan, to capture climate impacts on life and human health. Niko Kommenda, in London, worked with modelers and scientists to analyze ...