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The Supreme Court on Wednesday accepted the appeal of Khadija Siddiqui ─ a law student who was stabbed 23 times in Lahore in 2016 ─ and overturned the Lahore High Court's 2018 acquittal of Shah Hussain, ordering his immediate arrest.

Siddiqui had accused Shah Hussain of attacking her on May 3, 2016, near Lahore's Shimla Hill where she, along with her driver, had gone to pick up her younger sister from school. Both sisters were about to get into their car when the helmet-wearing suspect attacked Khadija with a knife and stabbed her 23 times leaving her critically injured.

The high profile case attracted a lot of media attention, due to Khadija's fierce resilience to pursue justice. Celebrities like Osman Khalid Butt, Hamza Ali Abbas and many others rejoiced as the SC announced their verdict:

May all abusers like Shah Hussain get what's coming to them.