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Woman footballer Shahlyla Baloch passes away in Karachi

Woman footballer Shahlyla Baloch passes away in Karachi
October 13, 2016
KARACHI (92 News) – Pakistan women team football striker Shahlyla Baloch passed away on Thursday after her car met an accident in Karachi's DHA Phase VIII area late Wednesday night. Shahlyla Baloch, 20, was the front face of Pakistan women football, she participated in mega events like South Asian Football Federation Women Football Championship and SAFF Women’s Championship. She was considered as one of the finest strikers of Pakistan's women national football team. Playing for the team, she donned the iconic number 7 jersey. It was her stint in Maldives in 2014 SAFF Women's Championship, where she became the first Pakistan female footballer to score a hat-trick against Bhutan, which made her famous.