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India-Pakistan
Acid attack victim asks for protection from husband
2006-06-24
MULTAN: A women, whose face was mutilated by her husband, has appealed to the government to provide her security, as, she said her husband was threatening her. Nasira Bibi was seriously injured when his husband cut off her nose and threw acid over her body. "I want the police to take a stern action against my husband and his brother," she said, while talking to Daily Times at the Multan Nishtar Hospital's burn unit on Friday. Her condition was stated to be critical after the medical officers said that she had received 30 percent of her body had been burned.

The 30-year-old Nasira, who belongs to Rajanpur district, said her husband, Safdar Hussein, had cut her nose and threw acid on her over a domestic quarrel. She said that her husband was a labourer and had earlier taken her to Karachi where he tired to kill her by slitting her throat, but she managed to escape. She said that she returned to Rajanpur, where her husband again contacted her and requested for reconciliation. "I went with him to his house in Eidgah Colony. He again pressured me to leave the city for Karachi on June 20, but I refused. A few moments later, he returned to the house along with his brother, Tariq Hussain, who held me, while my husband chopped off my nose with a knife. Afterwards, he threw acid on me. My sons Shafqat and Adnan and daughter Faryal were also injured when the acid fell on them,” she said. She said that she was taken to Rajanpur District Headquarters Hospital and was later referred to Multan Nishtar Hospital for further treatment. When contacted, Rajanpur City police duty officer Muhammad Akram said a case had been registered against Tariq and Safdar and police had arrested Tariq.
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