Prominent Pakistani Acid Victim Commits Suicide

"Her life was a parched stretch of hard rock on which nothing bloomed,"
Durrani wrote in a column in The News after Younus' suicide.

More than 8,500 acid attacks, forced marriages and other forms of
violence against women were reported in Pakistan in 2011, according to
The Aurat Foundation, a women's rights organization. Because the group
relied mostly on media reports, the figure is likely an undercount.

"The saddest part is that she realized that the system in Pakistan was
never going to provide her with relief or remedy," Nayyar Shabana
Kiyani, an activist at The Aurat Foundation, said of Younus. "She was
totally disappointed that there was no justice available to her."

Durrani had to battle with both Younus' ex-husband and the government to
send her to Italy, where the Italian government paid for her treatment
and provided her money to live on and send her child to school.
Pakistani officials argued that sending Younus to Italy would give the
country a bad name, Durrani said.

Younus was happy when Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy won an Oscar for her
documentary about acid attack victims in February, but was worried about
being forgotten since she wasn't profiled in the film, said Durrani.

Durrani said Younus' case should be a reminder that the Pakistani
government needs to do much more to prevent acid attacks and other forms
of violence against women, and also help the victims.

"I think this whole country should be extremely embarrassed that a
foreign country took responsibility for a Pakistani citizen for 13 years
because we could give her nothing, not justice, not security," said
Durrani.

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"I hope you share this news about Pakistan; the allies to the United
States, our friends who were harboring Osama Bin Laden. This government
is corrupt and if our founding fathers knew how we associated with the
corrupt governments of Pakistan and Afghanistan, and how much money we
gave them while our nation suffered, they would mourn for the fall of
their beloved nation, our nation."

Consul Nicholas Moore