Pakistani sportswoman overcomes hurdles

Pakistan's top female squash player, Maria Toorpakai Wazir has gone to extraordinary lengths to keep playing the game she loves. The 22-year-old moved to Canada from a deeply conservative area of Pakistan where women are denied the right to play. Her family has received threats from militant opposition groups, but she pursues her goals elsewhere. Al Jazeera's Daniel Lak reports from Toronto, Canada.

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[nma1071]

one muslim is not murtad for only playing sport. i hate extremist in Islam

[Taha Nasser]

People like you are a disgrace to Islam. And on the authority of the Prophet, you have made yourself a disbeliever in the eyes of God by making a pronouncement on another person's inner state. Idiot.

[Humz Ak]

so funny to read comments of muslims who are desperately trying to cover the injustices in islam

[Rembrant Van Ryn]

Same as in Saudi Arabia(woman cannot even drive or own their passport), Pakistan only recently has Qatar let females join the Olympics list goes on and they seem to be only Muslim countries imposing these laws. No other religion hates woman as much as Islam.

[far10han]

The more you talk the more you sound stupid. What she faced was a cultural pressure not religious. Pakistan has its women cricket, hockey and many other sports teams. got it?

[ilovegoth]

kudos to her!

[Ray Kalm]

Only in the north of Pakistan. Not the rest.

[Ray Kalm]

First off, don't call my nation shithole. Second off, women have full rights in the cities and main provinces of Pakistan. It's the ones that border Afghanistan where they are backwards.

[Ray Kalm]

Women are allowed to play sports in Pakistan.. but it's the borders near Afghanistan that are really backwards.

[AidsWillSaveTheWorld]

I have.

[Saad Aziz]

than why don't you go back to where ever your forefatheres came from