By: Zainab
A Pakistani Girl zeroes in on corrupt cops and domestic abuse :
Pakistan's newest female superhero has vowed to battle venal officials and protect battered women, as her creator tries to inspire the next generation to fight injustice in a deeply patriarchal society.
The new ''Pakistan Girl'' comic series based on Sarah, a normal teenager with a pet cat who discovers she has gained superhuman powers after waking up from a coma caused by a terrorist blast in her village.
Learning from other superheros, she decides to use her powers for good and for fighting villains of society.
Donning a green cape, in an ode to the country's national flag, the protagonist whips a a man who was beating a woman in the middle of a busy market.
She goes on to save a young girl taken hostage by a bribe seeking police officer in the series' first comic book released this summer.
Netizens on social media have welcomed the comic; writing largely admiring reviews and calling for more superhero stories in the future.
Pakistan Girl follows in the footsteps of the country's hit 2013 comic :
''The Burka Avenger'' which chronicled the adventures of a mild mannered teacher who fights gangsters trying to close down the girls' school where she works.

Pakistan's newest female superhero has vowed to battle venal officials and protect battered women, as her creator tries to inspire the next generation to fight injustice in a deeply patriarchal society.
The new ''Pakistan Girl'' comic series based on Sarah, a normal teenager with a pet cat who discovers she has gained superhuman powers after waking up from a coma caused by a terrorist blast in her village.
Learning from other superheros, she decides to use her powers for good and for fighting villains of society.
Donning a green cape, in an ode to the country's national flag, the protagonist whips a a man who was beating a woman in the middle of a busy market.
She goes on to save a young girl taken hostage by a bribe seeking police officer in the series' first comic book released this summer.
Netizens on social media have welcomed the comic; writing largely admiring reviews and calling for more superhero stories in the future.
Pakistan Girl follows in the footsteps of the country's hit 2013 comic :
''The Burka Avenger'' which chronicled the adventures of a mild mannered teacher who fights gangsters trying to close down the girls' school where she works.
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