Pakistan gets its first woman cabbie
It hasn't been a smooth drive for Pakistan's first woman cabbie but Zahida Kazmi is happy to have made a dent in a male-dominated profession.
Kazmi took up taxi driving following her husband's death in 1992, when she had to take on the responsibility of single-handedly raising six children.
Kazmi, who was then 33 years old, persevered despite many problems and has since made her mark on the butter-smooth roads of the federal capital and in the hilly terrains of northern Pakistan in two decades of driving her cab.
Her decision to start driving a cab did not go down well with her conservative and patriarchal family.
She took advantage of a government scheme under which anybody could buy a brand new taxi in affordable installments.
She bought herself a yellow cab and drove to Islamabad airport every morning to pick up passengers.
Pakistan gets its first woman cabbie
Pakistan gets its first woman cabbie
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