[GEO.TV] LAHORE: A girl suffered serious injuries to her face in an acid attack by unidentified people on early Sunday morning in Thokar Niaz Baig area. The girl was immediately shifted to the Burns ward of Jinnah Hospital. The suspects, in this case, are on the run, informed city police.The plight of acid attack victims and survivors became the focus of a 40-minute Oscar-winning documentary 'Saving Face' by a Pakistani woman Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy in 2012.
More than 100 people, mainly women and girls, are disfigured in acid attacks every year in Pakistan, although groups helping survivors say many more cases go unreported.