Pakistan's female superhero fights social evils

The creator of the new English comic book says he hopes the Pakistani female superhero will be surely an inspiration to young girls accross the country as well as the world.
Pakistan's newest femme fatale is a robust superhero who fights vile officials and protects women in plight, as her creator tries to inspire the next generation to fight injustice in a deeply patriarchal society.
The comic series "Pakistan Girl" is based on the character Sarah, a normal teenager with a pet cat who discovers she has superhuman powers after waking from a coma caused by a blast in her village.
Sarah's alter-ego Pakistan Girl dons the cape of her national colour, Donning a green cape, Pakistan's national colour, while also whips a man beating a woman in a market and saves a young girl taken hostage by a bribe-seeking police officer in the series' first comic book.
Hassan Siddiqui, the creator of the new English comic book says he hopes the Pakistani female superhero will be surely an inspiration to young girls accross the country as well as the world.
"There's a huge shortage of female role models and superheroes in the mainstream media here," said author Siddiqui.
"We wanted to create a strong female character for the girls in Pakistan and even the young boys in Pakistan that they can look up to."
Netizens on social media have welcomed the comic wholehearttedly, congratulaing the great venture and writing largely positive reviews online, calling for more superhero stories in the future.
"It's a very brilliant step by you guys... I'm a big fan of Marvel and DC comics and looking forward for this too," wrote one Syed Hassan Nasir on Facebook.
The author also has thought of coming up with an Urdu vesion of the comic with the sole purpose of reaching millions of readers across the country. A possible animation adaption is also being mulled over by the author.
But he knows that reaching the masses too soon won't be a cakewalk, owint to the woeful conditions of Pakistan's education system that has recorded that more than half of the country's eight-year-olds unable to read.
School principal Saadia Adnan hopes the new comic series will provide a new way to help educate children, while also steering them clear of gender stereotypes. "I think we should be teaching them through this kind of literature because that's actually the tender age when they are building their own images of their future life," said Adnan after browsing through a bookstore copy.
Siddiqui's latest creation follows the success of his earlier comic series Pakistan Man - a moustachioed hero who battles one nemesis named 'The Corrupter' and another villain responsible for banning Youtube.
"Pakistan Girl: also follows in the footsteps of the country's hit 2013 comic "The Burka Avenger", which chronicled the adventures of a demure teacher who fights gangsters trying to close down the girls' school where she works.