PUBG, Lahori Bacha and a 16-year-old girlâs lockdown addiction
The frightening lengths to which teenagers will go SAMAA | Aamir Majeed - Posted: Apr 9, 2021 | Last Updated: 2 hours ago SAMAA | Aamir Majeed Posted: Apr 9, 2021 | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
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There was no school, places were closed and you could not go anywhere. If life was small for 16-year-old Saba in North Karachi, it grew smaller still when the government started a lockdown in March last year. It was only her cell phone that provided a link to the outside world and people to interact with. PUBG was a blessing in disguise. In this online game, up to one hundred players parachute onto an island unarmed. They have to scavenge for weapons to defend themselves and have to kill others off. When you play you get on to voice chat with other players and can team up together to survive. PUBG boys playing in Pindi can make friends with surfer dudes in LA, such is its gl