Karishma Ali:
Karihsma Ali is the first-ever female from Chitral to have played national and international football. She had generated an interest in football at an early age and used to watch football matches with her father which captured her attention and she started falling in love with the sport. After moving to the city she has professionally trained as a footballer since age 15. In 2016 she represented Pakistan at the Jubilee games held in Dubai and surprisingly won a silver medal in the games and also took part in the Australian football league in 2017. Aside from her football career, Karishma is lauded for her social work and dedication to her people. She founded the Chitral women’s sports club to uplift the position of girls in sports, particularly football. Tho Karishma’s achievement as a female footballer was met with much curiosity and criticism from the public. There were speculations that she was not from Chitral but from some big city where she could achieve her milestone. She received hatred and criticism on social media and allegedly received threats for herself and her family to stop her from continuing as a footballer but she did not let society get to her mind and stop her, now she is inspiring millions out there to not let society stop them.
Abeeha Ali
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