Growing up in the rugged northern reaches of Pakistan ... Karim honed her combat skills fighting with three older brothers who pulled no punches. Anita Karim, a mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter ...

ISLAMABAD: Growing up in the rugged northern reaches of Pakistan ... timid outside the ring, Karim is at the head of a cohort of Pakistani female MMA fighters - five from Gilgit-Baltistan ...

Growing up in the rugged northern reaches of Pakistan ... Surprisingly timid outside the ring, Karim is at the head of a cohort of Pakistani female MMA fighters — five from Gilgit-Baltistan ...

Growing up in the rugged northern reaches of Pakistan ... Surprisingly timid outside the ring, Karim is at the head of a cohort of Pakistani female MMA fighters — five from Gilgit-Baltistan ...

Anita Karim is Pakistan's first internationally competing woman MMA fighter Anita Karim (right ... it's completely different," says Anita's brother Uloomi Anita Karim (top) and Bushra Ahmed ...