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‘Want equal respect’: Pakistan’s females galloping to glory in tent pegging
Key takeaways
- More and more women and girls are making a mark – and winning laurels – in the overwhelmingly male sport, locally called ‘neza baazi’.
- The 30-year-old has already claimed her first peg.
- Her horse tears across the dry earth, kicking up a cloud of dust that hangs in the air as she charges forward.
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More and more women and girls are making a mark – and winning laurels – in the overwhelmingly male sport, locally called ‘neza baazi’.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Anum Shakoor dips with her lance to pierce a wooden peg during a tent pegging competition [Mutee Ur Rehman/Al Jazeera]By Mutee Ur Rehman Published On 24 May 202624 May 2026Rawalpindi, Pakistan – On a cold January morning, Anum Shakoor gallops across a field, wrapped in a black shawl that billows behind her as she charges forward, a 1.8-metre (6ft) lance gripped tightly in her hand.
The 30-year-old has already claimed her first peg. The second lies close ahead.
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