Kainat Soomro (Sindhi: ڪائنات سومرو) (born May 2, 1993, in Mehar, Pakistan) is a Pakistani woman whose struggle to obtain justice for her gang rape at the age of 13 drew international attention.
[citation needed] After receiving his daughter back into his home, Soomro's father was allegedly rebuffed by the police, and a local tribunal determined her to be kari, a "black female", having lost her virginity outside of marriage.
[3] Defiant of traditional norms, Soomro took the accused to court where the judge ultimately ruled that they were innocent, stating that "There is no corroborative evidence available on record.
During her captivity, Kainat was supposedly married to Ahsan Thebo, one of the alleged rapists, a ceremonial tactic that is thought to be sometimes used in Pakistan to avoid the harsh penalty for rape: death.
[6] Kainat Soomro was invited by Malala in November 2014 to attend to the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony and praised her struggle against injustice and her stand for her rights.