Acid throwing posted 89% increase in 2012

ISLAMABAD: Cases of Violence against Women (VAW) may still number in the thousands in Pakistan, but the figures reported in 2012 dropped by 12% from the previous year, according to an annual report released by the Aurat Foundation on Wednesday. The report, however, highlighted that certain forms of violence, such as acid-throwing, have in fact increased since 2011.

Dilema of Social Detorioration: Three Women sent to a living Hell...

Acid thrown on three women in Multan

MULTAN: Two people have thrown acid on three women, a mother and two daughters, in village Nauranga on the outskirts of Multan. Police said that they have arrested one suspect and the injured were shifted to Nishtar Hospital Multan.

It takes an easily available bottle of tezaab (acid) worth Rs50, a very angry man and a woman whose life is about to change forever within minutes.
Acid-throwing does not only disfigure a face or cause injuries that burn and cause excruciating pain; the victim’s life changes forever. If she survives, she neither lives nor dies. Yet, acid attacks are spreading quantitatively and geographically in Pakistan. In 2009, 43 cases were reported to the Acid Survivors Foundation (ASF), Pakistan’s notification unit.
Fifty-five cases were reported in 2010, 150 in 2011, and 93 this year. Many victims remain silent. The conviction rate for acid violence remains as low as 6%, according to the ASF.

Statistics of violence against women in Pakistan in 2009

Statistics of violence against women in Pakistan in 2009

Islamabad: A total of 8548 incidents of violence against women were reported in the four

Provinces of Pakistan and in capital territory Islamabad during year 2009. Of these, 5722 cases

Of violence were recorded in Punjab; 1762 in Sindh; 655 in NWFP; 237 in Baluchistan and 172

In Islamabad. Almost all these cases are reported cases

Oscar lady demands retrial of old acid burn cases

KARACHI: The first ever Oscar winner for Pakistan Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy on Saturday has called for the retrial of old acid throwing cases under the new laws.
Addressing a press conference here along with her team, the director and producer of short documentary “Saving Faces” that won the prestigious Academy Award last month, said the government should take stringent action against acid throwers and also regulate the sale of acid in the country.
Sharmeen also urged the government to provide protection to acid victims who can identify acid attackers.
She was of the opinion that acid throwing cannot be linked with our culture or traditions. This is a mindset, she added.

Important step for the comprehensive Acid and Burn Crime Bill 2012

As many as 51 deserving patients were operated upon during three days of the International Plastic and Reconstruction Surgery Workshop at the Surgical Unit-1 of the Benazir Bhutto Hospital (BBH) for various congenital anomalies, burns and other body disfigurements.
The 9th International Plastic and Reconstruction Surgery Workshop is being organised by the Head of Department of SU-1 at the BBH Professor Dr. Hamid Hassan in collaboration with Dr. Charles Viva from the UK from May 21 to 28.

Role of Women in Pakistan

INTRODUCTION:-
Of the several factors that justify the greatness of Pakistan’s culture and have survived the test of time is the pride of place ascribed to women in Pakistan society. Since the dawns of the civilization women have been respected and worshipped in our land as angles and goddesses. They have been adored from time to time as virtues incarnate. Testimonies to this effect can be gathered from various legends and traditions that centers around the race of women and that have been handed down from generation to generation in our country.
THE POSITION OF WOMEN IN THE PAST:-
In the ancient times, women occupied an exalted position in society and excelled in various spheres of life. They were compelled to put on veils and confine themselves within the four walls of their houses. Benefits of liberal education and social accomplishments were denied to them and not unoften they were looked upon as possessions rather them persons. They had to play the role of household drudges and live as beasts of burden as drawers of water and hew of wood. They lost all initiative and drive and became slaves to tradition. Till the beginning of the Nineteenth Century they were considered merely s food to man’s passions and lust, and classed with fashionable things accumulated for the decoration of our drawing-rooms, clubs, theatres and coffee-houses. Their minds were dark, their souls were dead, and their life was but a purposeless existence.

Bahawalpur profile: In the land of the nawabs

 

BAHAWALPUR:  The people of Bahawalpur are drawn to personalities. They often remember those that left an impact, and discard those that failed to do so. During the previous electoral cycles, the five National Assembly seats have seen the likes of PPP, PML-N, and PML-Q candidates emerge victorious, all backed by strong families.

The Voice of the unheard-The tragic case of Mukhtaran Mai

Mukhtaran Mai, is photographed while giving an interview at a school in Meerwala, located in the Muzaffargarh District of Pakistan's central Punjab province on April 22, 2011