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Updated 25 Jul, 2013 01:39pm

A battle for girls' education in Pakistan

Wonder Woman and Supergirl now have a Pakistani counterpart in the pantheon of female superheroes one who shows a lot less skin.

Meet Burka Avenger: a mild-mannered teacher with secret martial arts skills who uses a flowing black burka to hide her identity as she fights local thugs seeking to shut down the girls' school where she works. Sadly, it's a battle Pakistanis are all too familiar with in the real world.

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