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Saira Khan's Pakistan Adventure

Episode 1

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC One London

Former Apprentice contestant Saira Khan takes an epic journey through the heart of Pakistan, from Karachi to her family's hometown Kashmir. She meets Pakistan's top female TV star, discovers how one man begged on the streets to fund his dream of a national health service, and encounters Sufism, a form of Islam she had never imagined. Saira seeks out a transvestite community that traces its ancestors back to the Moghal Empire, and visits the boat-homes of the Mohanas, a group of aquatic nomads. Show less

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