Survivor of grave domestic violence commits suicide

A Pakistani woman who more than ten years ago suffered severe scarring after she was attacked with acid has committed suicide. 33-year-old Fakhra Yunus killed her self by jumping from the sixth floor of a building in Rome, Italy, where she was receiving medical treatment. Survivor of grave domestic violence commits suicide During the past decade, this victim of domestic violence underwent many difficult operations as doctors attempted to Yunus' life ended less than a month after a Pakistani film director won an Oscar for his documentary film about women who fall victim to acid attacks in Pakistan. Her body was returned to Pakistan three days ago. The suicide has once again triggered a severe reaction internationally. Yunus was a teenage dancer in the southern city of Karachi when she met her husband, Bilal Khar, the son of the governor of Pakistan's largest Punjab province and member of the country's parliament, Ghulam Mustafa Khar. Khar was in his 30s at the time and this was his third marriage. After three years of being subjected to physical and verbal abuse, Yunus left and went to live with her mother. She was asleep there in May 2000 when her ex-husband threw acid on her, in the presence of her five-year son from another relationship, inflicting severe injuries on her face and body. Her story represents a glimpse into severe mistreatment of women in "conservative Pakistan", where men dominate, and also emphasized the case of Bilal Khar, who was acquitted of the charges against him thanks to his "strong connections" in Pakistan. More than 8,500 women have been subjected to acid attacks and other forms of severe domestic violence in the past year in Pakistan, confirmed the women's rights Aurat Foundation. Tanjug

Survivor of grave domestic violence commits suicide

During the past decade, this victim of domestic violence underwent many difficult operations as doctors attempted to

Yunus' life ended less than a month after a Pakistani film director won an Oscar for his documentary film about women who fall victim to acid attacks in Pakistan.

Her body was returned to Pakistan three days ago. The suicide has once again triggered a severe reaction internationally.

Yunus was a teenage dancer in the southern city of Karachi when she met her husband, Bilal Khar, the son of the governor of Pakistan's largest Punjab province and member of the country's parliament, Ghulam Mustafa Khar.

Khar was in his 30s at the time and this was his third marriage. After three years of being subjected to physical and verbal abuse, Yunus left and went to live with her mother.

She was asleep there in May 2000 when her ex-husband threw acid on her, in the presence of her five-year son from another relationship, inflicting severe injuries on her face and body.

Her story represents a glimpse into severe mistreatment of women in "conservative Pakistan", where men dominate, and also emphasized the case of Bilal Khar, who was acquitted of the charges against him thanks to his "strong connections" in Pakistan.

More than 8,500 women have been subjected to acid attacks and other forms of severe domestic violence in the past year in Pakistan, confirmed the women's rights Aurat Foundation.