Aaj English TV

Saturday, May 18, 2024  
09 Dhul-Qadah 1445  

Acid attack victim Fakhira laid to rest in Karachi

An acid attack victim Fakhira younus , who committed suicide on March 17, was laid to rest in a local graveyard in Karachi on Sunday. According to Aaj news , when a body of Fakhira younus reached in Karachi ,Pakistan renowned philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi ,Fakhira ‘s relative and other human right activitist were present to receive her body .

Fakhira Younus face was disfigured when her husband Bilal Khar, an ex-MPA and son of former governor Punjab, Ghulam Mustafa Khar, threw acid on her in 2000.
In her last message before committing suicide, Fakhra had written that she was committing suicide over silence of law on the atrocities and insensitivity of Pakistani rulers.