Photos Emilio Morenatti, Associated Press
Saira Liaqat, 26. Posing with his picture before being burned at his home in Lahore, Pakistan on Wednesday, July 9, 2008. When I was 15, her family married her to a relative and decided who would live together when she finished her studies at the local school. Her husband burned when she refused to leave school and go live with him. Has been operated on 9 occasions. 
Naila Farhat, 19. Photo taken in Islamabad, Pakistan on Wednesday, December 24, 2008. Naila was burned with acid released by men who had rejected marriage. Has been operated several times and is expected to be many more. 
Zainab Bibi, 17, adjusting her veil to be photographed while in Islamabad, Pakistan on Wednesday, December 24, 2008. Zainab was burned with acid by the man who rejected marriage. Has been operated on several occasions and has provided many more. 
Memuna Khan, 21. Photo taken in Karachi, Pakistan, on Friday, December 19, 2008. Menun was burned by a group of men who threw acid to resolve a conflict between his family and menun. Has been operated in 21 times. 
Bushra Shari, 39. Adjusting the veil to be photographed while in Lahore, Pakistan, on Friday, July 11, 2008. Bushra was burnt with acid thrown by her husband five years ago because she wanted a divorce. Has been operated on 25 occasions 
Munira Asef, 23. Photo taken in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, October 26, 2008. Munira was burned with acid five years ago by the man who rejected marriage. Has been operated on seven occasions. 
Kayumas Kanwal, 26, adjusting her veil to be photographed while in Lahore Pakistan, on Sunday October 26, 2008. Kanwal was burned with acid in 2007 by a man who had rejected marriage. Never has undergone plastic surgery. 
Shahnaz Bibi, 35. Photo taken in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, October 26, 2008. Shahnaz ten years ago was burned with acid by a relative due to family conflict. Never been subjected to plastic surgery. 
Shehnaz Usman, 36. Photo taken in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, October 26, 2008. Shehnaz was burned with acid by a relative because of a family dispute five years ago. Has been operated 10 times. 
Najaf Sultana, 16. Photo taken at his home in Lahore, Pakistan on Wednesday, July 9, 2008. At the age of five years Najaf was burned by his father while he slept. It seems his father did not want another child in the family. Najaf, half dead, was abandoned by her parents on the street. He now lives with relatives. Has been operated 15 times. 
Shameem Akhter, 18. Photo taken at his home in Jhang, Pakistan, on Wednesday, July 10, 2008. Shameem was raped at age 15 by three men who then threw him acid. Has been operated plastic surgery 10 times in an attempt to mitigate damage. 
Iruma Saeed, 30. Photo taken in his office at the Urdu University in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Thursday, July 24, 2008. Iruma has burns on his face, back and shoulders from twelve years ago when a man who had rejected marriage, he lassoed acid in the middle of the street. Has been operated 25 times in an attempt to remove the scars.
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