MuzaffargarhA father set himself on fire after a nine-year trial.
Allah Bakhshaya says his daughter’s husband divorced her over the alleged rape.
A court acquitted the accused Thursday for lack of evidence, and doctors put Bakhshaya’s burns at 45.5%, Rescue 1122 said.
Bakhshaya remains in critical condition at the district headquarters hospital.
How each outlet framed it
- Dawn leans critical
- reports the father's self-immolation with 45.5% burns after a nine-year rape case ended in acquittal for lack of evidence, and the daughter's divorce
Sources: Dawn