Summary Two acid attack cases were reported in May
UCH SHARIF (Dunya News) – Local doused a woman with acid on Saturday for not ‘befriending’ him, burning her two-year-old daughter in the attack.
Another acid attack case has surfaced in Turund Basharat village of Uch Sharif where Shafiq barraged in Razia Bibi’s house who is a married woman. Shafiq, reportedly was furious over woman’s refusal to befriend him.
Both the mother and minor girl were shifted to a hospital in serious condition where medics told that more than forty percent bodies of both the victims were burnt.
The woman confirmed that Shafiq attacked her for not talking to him and budding up with him.
The attack has come in roughly three months after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif feted Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy’s Oscar win for a documentary film that highlighted such cases in the country and asserted that government machinery would work to curb violence on women.
Last month, a Layyah resident, who lost her eye sight 12 years ago in an acid attack was gang-raped.
Suspects took the 35 year old woman, hailing from Moza Khanwala area to their den, saying that she will be provided with a charity of Rs. 3000.
The violated woman was abandoned at a deserted location afterwards. Locals of the area gathered upon hearing her cries and took her to Kot Sultan Police Station.
After her medical examination, police launched a hunt for the suspects.
This was one of the two acid attacks reported in May.
The other case surfaced in Multan’s Shujabad area where a woman and her children were doused with a jarful of acid as they slept the night at home.
The mother and her 14-year-old daughter were shifted to the emergency ward of Nishtar Hospital while two children underwent treatment at Civil Hospital.
However, police stated at the time that action could only be taken if father of the children lodges a case.
Such attacks on women in the country mostly come about in attempt to reclaim honour of the family if a girl makes an alleged defying decision.
The killing is seen as a means of restoring honor in the family household which culprits believe a girl has destroyed and brought dishonor to the family name. Over 4000 cases were reported in Pakistan between 1998 and 2004, with the highest rates being in Punjab followed by Sindh.
On the other hand, Council of Islamic Ideology came under fire recently in the country and was mocked abroad for proposing to allow ‘light beating’ on wives. The draft was prepared by the clerics’ body after rejecting Punjab government’s Women Protection Bill that was passed in the assembly.
