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Tue, 04, 21
Of late, online cab services in urban cities, like Karachi and Lahore, have provided job opportunities to a number of women drivers. In this regard You! talks to a few women cab drivers…
Women taxi drivers were unheard of in Pakistan till the 1980s. It was totally considered a male domain until Zahida Kazmi broke the chain and hailed as Pakistan’s first female taxi driver in the late ’80s. Out of necessity, Kazmi decided to get behind the wheel and started driving a taxi in Rawalpindi. Her late husband, who himself was a taxi driver, had taught her how to drive. Her journey was like a bumpy road as during those days a woman driving a taxi was a strange phenomenon. However, Kazmi remained steadfast against all odds and set an example for other women to follow suit.