Mukhtaran Mai

Mukhtār Mā'ī
Mai at Glamour Magazine Woman of the Year 2005
Born	Mukhtaran Bibi 1972 (age 45–46) Meerwala, Pakistan
Nationality	Pakistani
Occupation	Human rights activist
Known for	Survivor of gang-rape as an honour revenge, one of Pakistan's most prominent rights activists
Spouse(s)	Nasir Abbas Gabol (m. 2009)

Mukhtaran Bibi (Punjabi, Urdu: مختاراں بی بی‬‎, born c. 1972, now known as Mukhtār Mā'ī,Urdu: مختار مائی‬‎) is a Pakistani woman from the village of Meerwala, in the rural tehsil (county) of Jatoi of the Muzaffargarh District of Pakistan. In June 2002, Mukhtār Mā'ī was the survivor of a gang rape as a form of honour revenge, on the orders of a tribal council of the local Mastoi Baloch clan that was richer and more powerful as opposed to her Tatla clan in that region.

Although custom would expect her to commit suicide after being raped, Mukhtaran spoke up, and pursued the case, which was picked up by both domestic and international media. On 1 September 2002, an anti-terrorism court sentenced 6 men (including the 4 rapists) to death for rape. In 2005, the Lahore High Court cited "insufficient evidence" and acquitted 5 of the 6 convicted, and commuted the punishment for the sixth man to a life sentence. Mukhtaran and the government appealed this decision, and the Supreme Court suspended the acquittal and held appeal hearings. In 2011, the Supreme Court too acquitted the accused.