acidattack

Author discusses the consequences of writing My Feudal Lord and being married to Shahbaz Sharif

Victim’s face burnt away by acid to conceal identity.

Two suspects are already in police custody; the victim is in stable condition.

Statistics on violence against women make for a depressing read in Pakistan and this year is no exception.

Muhammad Rafiq Awan fined Rs265,000, ordered to give Rs1.465 million to victim in compensation.

Stringent laws will be wasted unless standards of institutionalising such laws are improved.

Wife was living with her parents.

Say proposal was intended as a deterrent against attacks.

Provides guidelines for investigation of attacks, witness protection.

It is our bad luck that ideology of those who want to push Pakistan back is same as ideology of the state of Pakistan.