[font=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]A Pakistani man and some of his relatives chopped off his wife's feet after accusing her of being promiscuous, police said yesterday.[/font] [font=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]The woman survived the gruesome attack, the latest in a wave of assaults that have raised international concern about the plight of women in rural Pakistan.[/font]
[font=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]'It is a shameful act of cruelty against a woman,' said Talat Ali, a senior police official in Punjab.'[/font]
[font=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]The 32-year-old woman told police her feet were chopped off on 24 June by her husband, her father-in-law, a brother-in-law and two others after they accused her of being 'of bad character', a euphemism for promiscuous.[/font]
<!-- This site/section combo is not set up to show MPU's -->[font=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]Violence against women is common in rural Pakistan where tribal and feudal customs hold sway.
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[font=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]'It is a shameful act of cruelty against a woman,' said Talat Ali, a senior police official in Punjab.'[/font]
[font=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]The 32-year-old woman told police her feet were chopped off on 24 June by her husband, her father-in-law, a brother-in-law and two others after they accused her of being 'of bad character', a euphemism for promiscuous.[/font]
<!-- This site/section combo is not set up to show MPU's -->[font=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]Violence against women is common in rural Pakistan where tribal and feudal customs hold sway.
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[font=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1525238,00.html
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