Pakistani woman gets nose 32 years after attack

DHAKA: After six years of abuse, Allah Rakhi was walking out of her marriage when her husband struck again. Snatching a knife, he sliced off her nose.

‘You’re no longer beautiful!’ he shouted.

He then slashed at her foot - brutal punishment for leaving the house without his permission.

‘A woman is only a woman inside the home, outside she’s a whore!’ he yelled at Rakhi as she lay bleeding on the dusty street just outside her home.

That was 32 years ago.

BDST: 2057 HRS, JUN 2, 2012

Edited by Robab Rosan, Cultural Affairs Editor