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Uloomi Karim Shaheen has been involved in combat training and fighting for over a decade now, with mixed martial arts his true love and passion. Despite not wanting to end up in a fight with this guy, you will definitely want to have a conversation with him given the chill and cool individual he is. We discuss everything related to MMA in this episode, as Uloomi shares his experience on his journey so far, why he wanted to pursue fighting full time, training and helping others, the lessons he's learned, the amazing work that his gym "Fight Fortress" is doing in developing talent and promoting the sport in Pakistan, the business and sponsorship side of MMA and his sister Anita Karim, the country's first female fight athlete. 

Are you Pakistani, or of Pakistani descent, and thinking about rediscovering your roots? Here's a great episode to get some ideas on where to go, and explaining why there's so much to see in this beautiful country. A few weeks ago, we did an episode on why EVERYONE should travel more! Today, our episode is focused more around traveling within Pakistan.

Today's guest is Amber - find her blog at ambyzee.com or follow her on instagram at @thetraveluster.

In recent years, tourism in Pakistan has rejuvenated and is arguably now more compelling to foreigners than ever before. 1.75 million tourists visited Pakistan in 2017 (according to the Pakistan Toursim & Development Corporation), up 300% from the previous year. Compare that to tourism in 2013, which, due to mostly security concerns, was less than a 3rd of that 1.75 million figure.

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