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| Pakistan rape victim gets married | Pakistan rape victim gets married |
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| A Pakistani gang rape victim who won international acclaim as a campaigner for women's rights has married. | A Pakistani gang rape victim who won international acclaim as a campaigner for women's rights has married. |
| Mukhtar Mai wed a policeman who is still married to another woman. He threatened to divorce his first wife if she did not marry him. | |
| Ms Mai said she decided to do so to avoid family break-up. | |
| Four men raped Ms Mai as punishment after her 12-year-old brother was accused of adultery in 2002, but she fought to have her attackers convicted. | |
| She ignored taboos about her ordeal, becoming a champion for women's rights. | |
| Six men arrested and sentenced to death in connection with the gang rape are still in custody pending a retrial. | Six men arrested and sentenced to death in connection with the gang rape are still in custody pending a retrial. |
| 'In Allah's hand' | 'In Allah's hand' |
| Ms Mai had said she was not sure she would ever marry, but on Sunday wed police constable Nasir Abbas Gabol in Muzaffargarh district, near Multan in Punjab province. | Ms Mai had said she was not sure she would ever marry, but on Sunday wed police constable Nasir Abbas Gabol in Muzaffargarh district, near Multan in Punjab province. |
| "When you get married, you have to have faith in your partner and his family. I will try to cooperate with them," she told Associated Press. | "When you get married, you have to have faith in your partner and his family. I will try to cooperate with them," she told Associated Press. |
| "You know, I never said that I would not marry, I said that these things - relationships - are in the hands of Allah. I said if I got a good man I would get married. | "You know, I never said that I would not marry, I said that these things - relationships - are in the hands of Allah. I said if I got a good man I would get married. |
| Ms Mai is known around the world for her campaigning | Ms Mai is known around the world for her campaigning |
| "Now, as I thought fit, and with the agreement of my parents and other people, I've got married." | "Now, as I thought fit, and with the agreement of my parents and other people, I've got married." |
| Mukhtar Mai is one of two wives of constable Nasir Abbas. The marriage was solemnised at a simple ceremony in her village, Mirwala. | |
| She first met Nasir Abbas when he was posted at the police station in the village after her gang rape in 2002. | She first met Nasir Abbas when he was posted at the police station in the village after her gang rape in 2002. |
| "Eighteen months ago, he sent his parents to ask me if I would marry him. I declined because I knew he was already married and I didn't want to ruin his first wife's life," Mukhtar Mai told the BBC Urdu service. | "Eighteen months ago, he sent his parents to ask me if I would marry him. I declined because I knew he was already married and I didn't want to ruin his first wife's life," Mukhtar Mai told the BBC Urdu service. |
| Nasir Abbas did not take his rejection well and "threatened to divorce his first wife. He also tried to commit suicide", Mukhtar Mai says. | Nasir Abbas did not take his rejection well and "threatened to divorce his first wife. He also tried to commit suicide", Mukhtar Mai says. |
| His sisters are married into his first wife's family - and in a tit-for-tat move they were threatened with divorce too if Nasir Abbas divorced his first wife. | His sisters are married into his first wife's family - and in a tit-for-tat move they were threatened with divorce too if Nasir Abbas divorced his first wife. |
| Nasir Abbas's first wife and his two sisters approached Mukhtar Mai and pleaded with her to marry Nasir Abbas. | Nasir Abbas's first wife and his two sisters approached Mukhtar Mai and pleaded with her to marry Nasir Abbas. |
| "So I married him on humanitarian grounds. I didn't want three families breaking up because of me," she says. | "So I married him on humanitarian grounds. I didn't want three families breaking up because of me," she says. |
| 'Courage' | 'Courage' |
| Mukhtar Mai won widespread international support when she spoke out after being raped - allegedly on the order of a village council. | Mukhtar Mai won widespread international support when she spoke out after being raped - allegedly on the order of a village council. |
| She has also written a best-selling autobiography and opened a school and a chain of women's crisis centres in Pakistan. | She has also written a best-selling autobiography and opened a school and a chain of women's crisis centres in Pakistan. |
| In 2005, she was honoured as Woman of the Year by Glamour magazine in a ceremony in Washington. | In 2005, she was honoured as Woman of the Year by Glamour magazine in a ceremony in Washington. |
| The award praised Ms Mai for "her incredible courage and optimism in the face of terrible violence". | The award praised Ms Mai for "her incredible courage and optimism in the face of terrible violence". |
| Critics of Pakistan's judicial system and social systems say the Mukhtar Mai case is an example of appalling treatment often handed out to women, particularly in feudal, rural areas. | Critics of Pakistan's judicial system and social systems say the Mukhtar Mai case is an example of appalling treatment often handed out to women, particularly in feudal, rural areas. |
| Her rape was allegedly ordered by a village council as a punishment for a misdemeanour blamed on her brother. | Her rape was allegedly ordered by a village council as a punishment for a misdemeanour blamed on her brother. |