Acid is the preferred weapon of vindictive men against women accused of disloyalty or disobedience.

Years After Acid Horror, Suicide Stirs Pakistan

More than a decade after a vengeful man doused her face in acid, Fakhra Younas jumped to her death in Rome.

“Had she been a politician’s daughter or a general’s daughter, then we would have seen what would have happened,” Ms. Durrani said. “But who was going to fight for a dancing girl?”