‘We make our own norms’: Pakistan’s first woman racer breaks ground in global motorsport

ISLAMABAD: When Arshia Akhtar first stepped onto a karting track in Riyadh as a child, she had no idea it would lead her to professional racing. Nearly two decades later, she has become the first Pakistani woman to receive a professional license from the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) — motorsport’s global governing body — a milestone that places her among the few women competing internationally in formula racing.

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