Pakistan’s new cartoon superhero who fights bad guys disguised in a flowing black burka is set to go global, her creator told media, with plans afoot to broadcast the show in 60 countries.

The Urdu-language animation ‘Burka Avenger’, showing the adventures of a mild-mannered teacher who uses her superpowers to fight local gangsters trying to close down the girls’ school where she works, hit Pakistani TV screens last month.

The kids’ action-comedy struck a chord in a country where Taliban militants have prevented thousands of girls from going to school in the northwest and attacked activists campaigning for their education.