Looking For Justice - Maria Shah - In Civil hospital Karachi a young midwife from Shikarpur, who was a victim of acid throwing on her face. There is a high survival rate amongst victims of acid attacks in our society. Acid throwing attacks have been used as a form of revenge for refusal of sexual advances, proposals of marriage and demands for dowrn. Maria Shah told that Sanjrani her boyfriend threw acid at her when her parents refused to allow him to marry her.