A female student of the Hazara community practises Shaolin Kung Fu during a self-defence martial arts training class, on the outskirts of Quetta. Photos: AFP
Hundreds of Pakistani Hazara women are learning how to deliver side kicks and elbow blows as martial arts booms within the marginalised community.
Hazaras, who are mainly Shia Muslims, have faced decades of sectarian violence in the southwestern city of Quetta, living in two separate enclaves cordoned off by checkpoints and armed guards to protect them.
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