Acid Attacks

INTRODUCTION:
In this research, the researcher would like to investigate the cause of rise in acid attacks on females in Pakistan. Although Pakistan has passed a legislation to curb the evil practice of acid attacks, yet the crime is spreading like fire in both rural and urban areas of the country.
Acid throwing can be defined as throwing of acid onto the body of a person with the intention of injuring or disfiguring [them] out of jealousy or revenge. Also called an acid attack or vitriolage, it is a form of violent assault. Perpetrators of these attacks throw acid at their victims, usually at their faces, burning them, and damaging skin tissues, often exposing and sometimes dissolving the bones. The long lasting results of such offences lead to blindness and

If by chance, the person survives then there is a permanent defect in the body especially on the face of the victim and thus with the passage of time the affected person becomes the patient of depression and at the end ready to commit suicide.
Acid attack crime is one of the worst crimes a person can commit. It incurs a worse injury than murder. It burns the bones and muscles to put permanent scars and even blindness on the victim. The perpetrator blames the victim for the desperate act and wants to destroy her life. The attack is usually done on the face of the victim. For a victim, an acid attack is a permanent form of torture. A victim suffers humiliation, embarrassment, social isolation, lack of happy family life and lack of prospects for professional success.
Acid attacks mostly happen in Cambodia, Afghanistan and many South Asian countries. Annually, around the world 1500 persons are victimized and majority of such victims are females (an estimated 80%); most of them being teenage