Lahore: A 24-year-old Pakistani woman lecturer suffered serious burns on her face and body in an acid attack by two motorcycle-borne assailants here.
Huma Shahid was going home in an auto-rickshaw after taking her classes when the assailants stopped her at gun point and threw acid on her yesterday, police said.
"They threw acid on her before escaping. We shifted the girl to the Jinnah Hospital," an eyewitness told police.
The victim has serious burns on her face and chest but her condition was out of danger, doctors said.
Huma is an applied psychology lecturer at the University of Management and Technology, Jauhar Town Lahore.
Her father, Shahid Farooqi, told police that his daughter was going to get married next month.
Police have begun an investigation and are recording the statements of students and family members of the victim, SP Malik Awais said.
