Body of Fakhra Younus reaches Karachi

KARACHI: Body of Fakhra Younus who had committed suicide in Italy previous day, reached Karachi on Friday.

She was the victim of an acid attack. Her Attacker was her husband, Bilal Khar, the son of PPP leader and former Punjab Chief Ghulam Mustafa Khar, who burned her face with acid 12 years ago.

Fakhra committed suicide by jumping from the sixth floor of the flat in Rome. Funeral prayers were offered in the hospital ground in Rome and the body was sent for Pakistan.

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.

Social worker Abdul Satttar Edhi was also present at the Karachi airport to receive the body.