Pakistani girl, 15, flees in fear of honor killing
5th Sep 2005, 17:00 GMT
By Athar Husain DAHARKI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Her nose is bandaged from the bridge to the tip because, she says, her husband and his relatives tried to cut it off. If they catch her again, 15-year-old Lakhmira is sure she'll be killed. Married just four months ago, this skinny girl will be lucky if she doesn't end up in one of the nameless graves in burial grounds reserved for "karo kari," or honor killing, victims in the tribal badlands of Pakistan's southern Sindh province. Meeting secretly on a moonless night at her hiding place among the marshes surrounding Daharki town, 340 miles north of the port city of Karachi, Lakhmira sobbed and shook with fear as she recounted her nightmare. "If someone does not come to our rescue I will commit suicide," Lakhmira moaned softly, tears streaming down her cheeks. "In our culture it is impossible for a girl to live after being declared a kari even if it is a false charge.
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