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MULTAN: A Pakistani man cut off the nose and lips of his 19-year-old sister-in-law after she went to court for a divorce in a tribal area of Punjab province, police said yesterday.
Mohammad Hasan Abbas first shot at Amna Abbas and her brother, causing them to fall off a bicycle, as they headed home from a court in Dera Ghazi Khan, 125km from Multan, police said. Abbas then attacked the girl, hacking off her nose and slicing off her lips.
He fled after the incident and we are searching for him. The girl has been admitted to hospital, police inspector Mohammad Shafiq said.
A doctor treating the girl said her nose had been cut off from the bridge and her lips partially severed. She says her brother-in-law had told her he would not leave her fit for any other man, while committing the savage, inhuman act, Dr Farhat Hussain said.
Pakistans attitudes to violence against women have come under an international spotlight since the Washington Post quoted
President Gen. Pervez Musharraf saying this month that many of his compatriots believed that crying rape was a fast way to make money and get a visa for Canada. Gen. Musharraf says he is a strong advocate of womens rights and maintains he was misquoted. Reuters
photo: Amna Abbas lies in a hospital in Dera Ghazi Khan after her brother-in-law cut off her nose and lips for going to court for a divorce. Reuters
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