Locals bar girls from playing cricket in Swat

Residents and clerics have barred girls in Swat’s Charbagh from playing cricket at the tehsil’s stadium, saying that women’s participation in sports was considered “immodest” and “inappropriate” in the locality. Ayesha Ayaz, Pakistan’s youngest taekwondo athlete, arranged a cricket match at the Charbagh Cricket Stadium on Sunday for girls from the Babuzai and Kabal tehsil […]