Pakistan’s first-ever female superhero, the “Burka Avenger,” takes on super villains who want to shut down a girls’ school, reports the Associated Press .
NAME: Jiya
LOCATION: Pakistan
PROFESSION: Teacher
SUPERHERO IDENTITY: Burka Avenger
SUPERHERO COSTUME: A burka
SPECIAL POWER: Secret martial arts skills
NEMESIS: Local thugs who want to shut down the school she works at
Via: Sebastian Abbot / AP
"The Burka Avenger" is the first ever animated series produced in Pakistan. The Urdu language cartoon will run on Geo TV in early August. The show's creator is Aaron Haroon Rashid, one of Pakistan's biggest pop stars.
Pakistani orphans watch the first episode of "Burka Avenger" at an early screening near Islamabad.
Via: Muhammed Muheisen / AP
