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'Doing this job as a (Pakistani) woman really helps'

Firefighting is often associated with men in Pakistan. Well, a young woman has taken up the challenge of demolishing that image. She trained with 600 men and has become her country's first female firefighter. Shazia Perveen has been talking with the 麻豆社's Shaimaa Khalil.

(Photo: Pakistani firefighters spray water to control a fire at the Pakistan National Refinery in Karachi. Credit: Asif Hassan AFP/Getty Images)

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