Muna's ordeal
From the Blog beenasarwar[image: Wom-violence-Pakistan-Getty-2010] * Women mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Lahore, November 25, 2010. (Getty) * *Found this old report I wrote about a young woman who miraculously survived horrific domestic violence, published in The News on Sunday January 2004. What has changed in Pakistan since I reported on it and what hasn't? Posting it here as I couldn't find it online. * *Beena Sarwar* Imagine being beaten and tortured to the extent that you fall unconscious. You wake up in a hospital, sustained by drips and tubes, breathing painfully through a ventilator. And the person who did this to you was the man you fought your family to marry. This is the story of young Muna… known to the press as 'Bismah' because that was the name pakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
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