Last days of my childhood
From the Blog pakteahouse *By Amna Shafqat* [image: Women2] Age 10: I am riding a bicycle in our village common ground. Happy and delirious, paddling and speeding away. Out of nowhere a middle aged man come running towards me and tries to stop me by pulling the bicycle sideways and tries his best to hurl me off balance. When that doesn’t work, I hear his angry voice, telling me to stop cycling at once. I get scared by his tone so I decide that its best to move away. No exactly sure what caused that anger, I look around as I leave, one of my extended family relative standing nearby sense my confusion and explains that the guy was angry because he doesn’t want his daughters to get bad influence from me. Still confused, scared and unable to fully grasp the meaning of what has just happened, I quietly takpakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
The MMA Roadshow comes to Pakistan
From the Blog sonyarehman *By Sonya Rehman* Bashir Ahmad’s gym, ‘Synergy MMA Academy,’ in Lahore, Pakistan, is almost empty this morning. But it’s early, and besides, it’s a Sunday. Sitting on the mats with a friend, Ahmad is dressed in a black gi with the belt loosely tied around his waist, revealing a chiseled chest and well-defined abs. [image: Bashir Ahmad - Photos: Saad Sarfraz Sheikh] Bashir Ahmad – Photos: Saad Sarfraz Sheikh A framed pair of bloody shorts hangs on the wall near the gym’s entrance. These were worn by Ahmad when he fought the Thai MMA fighter, Shannon Wiratchai, at the ONE Fighting Championship in Singapore in 2013. “It was my first proper MMA fight,” he tells me. “As you get closer to the cage when you’re walking out there, and when you’re getting your hands wrapped, all that npakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
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