Document #1173938

BBC News

Eye-for-eye in Pakistan acid case

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/3313207.stm

ecoi.net summary:
Punjab province: under the Islamic Qisas law that matches crime and punishment, a man sentenced to be blinded by acid after he carried out a similar attack on his fiancée
Country:
Pakistan
Source:
BBC News
Original link:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/3313207.stm
Document type:
Media Report
Language:
English
Published:
12 December 2003
Document ID:
1173938 (former ID 16857)

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