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Pakistani fighters battle it out in ancient, long-neglected form of wrestling 

  • Malakhra has been played for the last 5,000 years in the regions that make up present day Pakistan and India
  • Players and supervisors of the game lament its neglect in a city and nation obsessed with the game of cricket 
By NAIMAT KHAN ·

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