Pakistan football team striker Shahlyla Baloch dies in Karachi car crash.

Pakistan football team striker Shahlyla Baloch dies in Karachi car crash.

Shahlyla was a warrior on and off the field, a down-to-earth personality and a genuinely caring friend.

 

Source: Jeevaypak

KARACHI: Pakistan striker Shahlyla Ahmadzai Baloch passed away in a car accident late on Wednesday night in Karachi.

In what could be termed as a deathly blow to the fledgling Pakistan’s national women’s football, hospital authorities on late Wednesday night announced the tragic demise of the women’s team’s 20-year-old striker Shahlyla Baloch.

Born in 1996, she was the youngest of the three daughters of Senator Rubina Irfan – also head of the Pakistan Football Federation’s women wing - and parliamentarian Agha Irfan Baloch.

Shahlyla was reportedly in the passenger seat when the car being driven by a cousin of hers rammed into an electricity pole near Do Darya, at Sea View.

“It is true that she passed away,” a family member said.

The injured cousin, Fadeian Baloch, now out of danger, and the deceased were taken to the Ziauddin Hospital for medical treatment and formalities after the crash.

The forward was according to her family and friends a football fanatic since the age of 7. She won the FIFA’s youngest player award at the age of 9 and was awarded the best player of Pakistan thrice, in 2009, 2011 and 2013.

She was the first Pakistani to have scored a hat-trick in a match in Maldives. The last international competition she participated in was the South Asian Football Federation championship held in Islamabad in 2015.

Having two older sisters as footballers, Shahlyla was the only sister to have stuck to the game as a player since the eldest sister went on to pursue a career in medicine while the second in line remained associated with the sport but as a member of the management.  Her body would be flown to Kalat for burial.

Source: News Tribe

The police official said Shahlyla died in the accident and legal action is being taken against those responsible.

"We have also arrested the driver of the car," said Memon.

‘Shell’ was the nickname she was referred by teammates, siblings, family and pretty much everyone.

Shahlyla was a warrior on and off the field, a down-to-earth personality and a genuinely caring friend.