A Pakistani housewife runs for parliament for the first time from tribal area of Bajur

Badam Zari, second from right, leaves the election office after filing her candidacy for Parliament in Khar, capital of the Pakistani tribal area of Bajur, Monday, April 1, 2013. A 40-year-old Pakistani housewife has made history by becoming the first woman to run for parliament from the country’s northwest tribal region, a highly conservative area that is a haven for Islamist militants. <AP Photo/Anwarullah Khan>