FAIR GAME - FEMALE FOOTBALLERS

By Myra Khan / Photo: Nadir Toosy / Creative: Amna Iqbal

Published: November 24, 2013

 

The harsh mid-afternoon sun beams down on her face. She adjusts the legs of her plastic chair in the mud to get a better view of the game. In the distance, a shrill whistle marks the beginning of the showdown between Diya and Balochistan United — two of Pakistan’s premier women football clubs. Sixteen-year-old Zulfia Nazir, better known as Zulfi to her teammates, watches with a knot in her stomach.