Belongings of former Pakistan women's hockey player Shahida Raza, who died when a migrant boat was shipwrecked off the coast of Italy, are displayed for media at her home in Quetta, Pakistan March 2, 2023. REUTERS/Naseer Ahmad
QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Seeking a better future for her disabled son, former national hockey player for Pakistan Shahida Raza enlisted human smugglers to get her out of the country. Her life ended this week off the coast of Italy when the boat carrying her and scores of others sank.
According to her friend and former teammate Summaya Kainat, 27-year-old Raza left her home on the outskirts of Quetta, in southwestern Baluchistan province, four months ago for neighbouring Iran and then Turkey, with the aim of eventually reaching Italy or Australia and seeking asylum there.
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