<p>An actress was injured in an acid attack, allegedly carried out by a spurned suitor, in northwest Pakistan today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Bushra, 18, a Pashto actress who has worked in films, television and theatre, was attacked while she was sleeping at her home in Nowshera town of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province early this morning.<br /><br />A man climbed the wall of Bushra's house, threw acid on her and escaped, her family said.<br /><br />She was taken to a hospital in Peshawar where doctors said she had suffered 33 per cent burns to her face and shoulder but was in a stable condition.<br /><br />Bushra's brother Pervez Khan lodged a complaint with the police against film producer Shaukat Khan was behind the attack as the actress had turned down his marriage proposal.<br /><br />Acid attacks on women, especially by men they have spurned, are common across Pakistan despite the amendment of a law to increase the punishment for such assaults.</p>
<p>An actress was injured in an acid attack, allegedly carried out by a spurned suitor, in northwest Pakistan today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Bushra, 18, a Pashto actress who has worked in films, television and theatre, was attacked while she was sleeping at her home in Nowshera town of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province early this morning.<br /><br />A man climbed the wall of Bushra's house, threw acid on her and escaped, her family said.<br /><br />She was taken to a hospital in Peshawar where doctors said she had suffered 33 per cent burns to her face and shoulder but was in a stable condition.<br /><br />Bushra's brother Pervez Khan lodged a complaint with the police against film producer Shaukat Khan was behind the attack as the actress had turned down his marriage proposal.<br /><br />Acid attacks on women, especially by men they have spurned, are common across Pakistan despite the amendment of a law to increase the punishment for such assaults.</p>