What a Muslim man may do to his wife 234
AP reports:
Pakistani acid attack victim Fakhra Younus had endured more than three dozen surgeries over more than a decade to repair her severely damaged face and body when she finally decided life was no longer worth living. … [She] jumped from the sixth floor of a building in Rome, where she had been living and receiving treatment. …
She had been a dancer. Her husband, Bilal Khar, a “law-maker”, poured the acid over her.
It must have been excruciatingly painful, and it hideously disfigured her.
Bilal Khar was brought to trial and acquitted.
“Many believe he used his connections to escape the law’s grip – a common occurrence in Pakistan.”
His father was Ghulam Mustafa Khar, who had been governor of Pakistan’s largest province, Punjab.
The couple was married for three years, but Younus eventually left him because he … physically and verbally abused her….
He came to her mother’s house, found her lying asleep and “poured acid all over her”.
He will suffer no punishment. He walks a free man.
More than 8,500 acid attacks, forced marriages and other forms of violence against women were reported in Pakistan in 2011 … The figure is likely an undercount…
