Bushra Zaidi

Bushra Zaidi (Urdu: بشریٰ زیدی‎) was a 20-year-old girl whose death in a traffic accident on April 15, 1985 started riots in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.[1] Bushra, a 20-year-old Muhajir student of Sir Syed College, died after being struck by a bus driven by Pashtun driver as it was thought at that time as public transport was and is dominated by Pashtun in actual the driver was a Kashmiri. This accident started an ethnic conflict between Muhajir and Pashtuns that has lasted over 3 decades.[2] Later the family of Bushra emigrated from Pakistan and settled overseas permanently.

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  1. ↑ March 8: Bushra Zaidi, the woman who changed Karachi forever, by dying
  2. ↑ Bushra Zaidi - We Still Remember You
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