Once
upon a time, there was a young beauty in Pakistan, called Fakhra
Younus, who married, against her wishes, to a man in Karachi, Bilal
Khar, son of a politician, who had already 3 wives. Her married life is a
series of merciless torture in the hands of her husband. One day she
had had enough and went back to her parents' home, but her husband went
there and without a single word, threw bottles of liquid acid all over
her face. Her husband was acquitted of the horrendous crime,
due to his connection with the high rank politicians. She is only in
the news today, not because of the crime inflicted on her, but her
suicide last week; her body was being sent back to her parents in
Pakistan.
That was 12 years ago.
Once again, she had had enough, even of life itself. Last week, she
threw herself from her home on the 6th floor, in Italy, leaving a note
that summed it all up: 'For the silence of the law, the atrocity and
insensibility of government'.
The
before and after photos of Younus, and with her in the after photo is
the Pakistan activist and writer Tehmina Durrani, who had helped the
young woman move to Italy, where she underwent 39 operations with intent
to re-compose her badly damaged face as well as her body, large part
of it was burnt to the bone; all to no avail.
Today
one Spanish TV channel premieres a new series from the United States
'American Horror Story'. It promised in the publicity to be abominably
horrific and scary. Fictions. No way could it be more horrific and scary
than the indescribable pain and injustice Younus had suffered.
Next: 21st Feb 2012 An Irresistible Ad.
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