Squash star Maria Toorpakay raises voice for equality

INCHEON: As a kid Maria Toorpakay Wazir needed to dress as a kid to have the capacity to play wear in Pakistan and now as the nation's number one ladies' squash player she says there is still a lot of safety. 

Toorpakay, contending at the Asian Games in South Korea, promised not to quit helping young ladies in Pakistan overcome separation and social hindrances despite the fact that she has gotten dangers for her work. 

"I feel that this is my obligation," said Toorpakay after she was beaten by Hong Kong's Annie Au in the ladies' singles late Sunday. "I need to raise my voice for alternate young ladies. "Toorpakay's family originates from Waziristan, 

As a kid in the profoundly traditionalist tribal region, Toorpakay prepared and contended as a kid. Young ladies were prohibited in game. Contending without a cloak and in shorts was seen as un-Islamic and the Toorpakays were debilitated. 

Toorpakay from the beginning contended in weightlifting, often beating the young men at competitions. At the same time her father did her switch to squash, where her sex was found. 

In the wake of being obliged to deliver a conception declaration to play squash at 16 years old, reality about Toorpakay turned out and she was tormented by different players. 

Toorpakay said Pakistan is changing - however gradually. 

"Continuously there are individuals who do help this rationale however there are individuals who still oppose this rationale," she said. However the nation's number one ladies' squash player accepts the tide can't currently be turned back. Toorpakay said her climb in universal squash ought to be an illustration to other young people. 

"I need to provide for them the same open door with the goal that they get to be champions as well," she said. 

Toorpakay turned proficient in 2006 and came third in the World Junior Women's Championship in 2009. 

"This is an excellent game, and today I feel that God has provided for me an opportunity to come up to such position," she said. 

She pledged to help ladies to rise up out of the shadows through game, saying it had helped her defeat her intense life in one of the world's most risky locales. 

"Squash is my ruler and I've worked so hard to get to this position," she said.