KARACHI: The body of Fakhra Younus who had committed suicide in Italy on Saturday, arrived in Karachi on Sunday.

Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) members, lawmakers and Abdul Sattar Edhi were among those present at the Karachi airport to receive the body.

Fakhra was a victim of an acid attack carried out by her husband, Bilal Khar, the son of PPP leader Ghulam Mustafa Khar. He had burned her face with acid 12 years ago.

Fakhra committed suicide by jumping from the sixth floor of her flat in Rome.

Funeral prayers were offered in the hospital ground in Rome and the body was sent for Pakistan.

In her last message before committing suicide, Fakhra had written that she was committing suicide over the silence of law on the atrocities and the insensitivity of Pakistani rulers.

Fakhra's burial took place in a graveyard in DHA.

Speaking to the media on Sunday, Bilal Khar said that he had been proved innocent in this case years ago and if Fakhra had to commit suicide because of him, she would have done it 12 years ago. He further stated that this case is being politicised.