Pakistani Woman Badam Zari Running for Parliament, Making History

A Pakistani housewife made history this week.

Badam Zari is running for parliament.

She’s the first woman from Pakistan’s Federally-Administered Tribal Areas to do so.

The Tribal Areas, which border Afghanistan, are extremely conservative.

“She wants to fight for the rights of women,” says Rahmanullah, of the BBC’s Pashtu Service.

“She says she has not received any threats from the Taliban,” he adds.

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