Bilal Khar's ex-wife, acid attack victim Fakhra commits suicide

[RazPaK]

That's an idiotic comment of you. Why not put the attacker in pool of acid without any trial.

Without a trial?

 

[Sugarcane]

Without a trial?

Yes - WITHOUT A TRIAL because we know trial takes years. and why you require trial in these type of cases?

 

[RazPaK]

Yes - WITHOUT A TRIAL because we know trial takes years.

I don't believe in "without a trial" bs. But the perpetrator should be handed swift punishment.

 

[Sugarcane]

I don't believe in "without a trial" bs. But the perpetrator should be handed swift punishment.

Trial for what? to find out reason???

 

[RazPaK]

Trial for what? to find out reason???

There could be many circumstances, and they might have got the wrong person.

 

[Sugarcane]

There could be many circumstances, and they might have got the wrong person.

In most of cases victim is available there to tell who is attacker.

IMO - You have to become beast to handle beasts

 

[RazPaK]

In most of cases victim is available there to tell who is attacker

Too many issues with that. What if the victim is threatened by the perpetrator's family, to put the blame on someone else. I think there should be full investigations.

 

[Sugarcane]

Too many issues with that. What if the victim is threatened by the perpetrator's family, to put the blame on someone else. I think there should be full investigations.

That's why i am saying WITHOUT TRIAL, Trial gives time to attackers, Just get the statement of victim ASAP and put the bastard in hell, so simple

 

[ANG]

Hi, the justice system of Pakistan, or lack of it, is a disgrace. No wonder, Pakistan always features in the top 10 list of failed states each year...

Acid victim: Fakhra Yunus’ body reaches Karachi – The Express Tribune

Acid victim: Fakhra Yunus' body reaches Karachi
MQM worker*s demand action agains*t Yunus' husban*d, former MPA Bilal Khar who remain*s free on bail.
By Web Desk
Published: March 25, 2012
Fakhra Yunus and Tehmina Durrani. PHOTO: GUIDO HARARI
KARACHI: The body of Fakhra Yunus, acid victim of former MPA Bilal Khar, reached Karachi airport on Sunday amid protests led by different groups.

Yunus leapt off from the sixth floor of a building on March 17, 2012 in Italy which resulted in her death. She was provided shelter in Italy after being attacked by her husband 12 years back in Karachi.

Female workers of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) gathered at Jinnah International Airport holding placards and chanting slogans against Khar, who is also the son of former Punjab governor Mustafa Khar.

MQM leader Altaf Hussain has taken immediate notice of the incident and demanded that Khar be ‘severely punished’ for his acts. Other MQM leaders have also demanded action be taken against the former Punjab chief minister and veteran politician Mustafa Khar’s son Bilal Khar.

The case
In 1998, Yunus was an 18-year-old resident of Napier Road’s Bulbul Bazar, Karachi’s red light district, when she met the then Muzaffargarh MPA Bilal Khar.

Shortly after the marriage, Yunus faced both physical and mental abuse by Khar, which lasted for three years before she eventually escaped and moved in with her mother.

An infuriated Khar took ‘revenge’ by pouring acid over her on May 14, 2000, as her five year old son watched. The attack left her severely burned, particularly her face. She, however, survived the attack but not before spending three months in intensive care.

Khar used his political influence to evade arrest and absconded, while Yunus’s family faced difficulty in registering an FIR against him.

On October 31, 2002, Khar was eventually arrested, but released in 2003 on Rs 200,000 bail.

 

[ANG]

Hi, this is justice in Pakistan...


Our feudal lord | Asian Correspondent

Our feudal lord
By Ahsan Butt Mar 25, 2012 4:58AM UTC
Certain stories require no comment or embellishment. This is one of them:

ROME: The long standing and once highly publicised case of acid victim Fakhra Younus met its tragic end on March 17 when she jumped to her death in the Italian city of Rome. Her body is due to reach Karachi on Sunday, Express News reported.

Yunus, wife of former Member of Provincial Assembly Bilal Khar, had been undergoing treatment for acid scarred tissue, including multiple corrective surgeries in Rome.

In 1998, Yunus was an 18 year old resident of Napier Road’s Bulbul Bazar, Karachi’s red light district, when she met the then Muzaffargarh MPA Bilal Khar.

They both got married after a six month relationship. This was Bilal’s third marriage, while Yunus had a three year old son from an earlier liaison.

Little did Yunus know, that this was not meant to be her fairytale marriage, since shortly after the marriage, she faced both physical and mental abuse by Khar, which lasted for three years before she eventually escaped and moved in with her mother.

An infuriated Khar, with his bruised ego, took ‘revenge’ by pouring acid over her on May 14, 2000, as her five-year-old son watched. The attack left her severely burned, particularly her face. She, however, survived the attack but not before spending three months in intensive care.

Khar used his political influence to evade arrest and absconded, while Yunus’s family faced difficulty in registering an FIR against him.

On October 31, 2002, Khar was eventually arrested, but released in 2003 on Rs 200,000 bail.

To recap: one acid-burned victim leaped to her death. One acid-burning perpetrator sits comfortably in his home. And one-acid burning perpetrator’s cousin is presenting prizes to a documentarian whose Oscar-winning film was about acid-burning women.


There’s something very wrong with this picture, both literally and metaphorically.

To be clear, I don’t mean to indict or implicate Hina Rabbani Khar for her cousin’s crimes. Maybe deep in her heart she hates her cousin and what he did. We cannot know. But frankly, I’m not terribly interested in knowing what’s going on deep in her heart. (Update: For the record, here’s what Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy tweeted about HRK: “she was most concerned about acid violence saying she had a personal connection- v genuine”).

Incidentally, this type of thing is exactly why a lot of Pakistanis get angry when fashion shows and Birkin bags are taken as synonymous with liberty in the western press. It’s not just to be snarky to incurious and lazy western journalists. It’s because we know these people inside out. We know how Birkin owners think and act away from the cameras. They are, as a general rule, some of the most illiberal people you will find in our country.

For those unaware, the title of this post explained. (Update II: And on the subject of Tehmina Durrani, please make sure to read her op-ed in The News on Fakhra Younis and her suicide. Link via Shahid Saeed).

 

[livingdead]

This is why I support Iran's method of dealing with acid attacks: acid on the face of the perpetrator.

You are not serious, are you?

 

[Awesome]

Yes - WITHOUT A TRIAL because we know trial takes years. and why you require trial in these type of cases?

Because that is the law, me and you do not have the authority to decide upon this.

 

[Sugarcane]

Because that is the law, me and you do not have the authority to decide upon this.

What's the use of these laws - Justice delayed = Justice Denied

 

[Emmie]

What's the advantage of this type of law - Justice delayed = Justice Denied

This logic is applied to all the cases not merely to acid victims... "Without trial" in itself is lawlessness.

 

[Sugarcane]

This logic is applied to all the cases not merely to acid victims... "Without trial" in itself is lawlessness.

I know logic applied in all cases, but acid cases are simple & clear.