Boxing Against All Odds | Third Prize | Our Diverse Pakistan

This film by Fahad Kahut, Ahsan Khan and Saad Abbasi won the third prize of Rs200,000 in Dawn.com and Deutsche Welle's video story contest, #ItHappensOnlyinPakistan on the theme #OurDiversePakistan. Aliya Soomro from Lyari boxes like a champion and dreams of winning an Olympic gold for Pakistan one day. This fast-paced film has many a inspirational lessons for aspiring athletes in the country. ----------- It Happens Only In Pakistan is a nationwide video story contest organised by Dawn.com and Deutsche Welle (DW), Germany's international broadcaster. This time, the theme for the contest was sharing stories under the hashtag #OurDiversePakistan, and invited filmmakers from all over Pakistan to submit short documentary-styled videos that captured stories of unsung, unique Pakistani heroes. Jury for the contest included noted Pakistani documentary filmmakers Jami and Babar Sheikh. The contest accepted entries from July 5 to August 25, 2019.