Gang rape victim gives birth to baby boy

Mukhtar Mai smiles next to her new born baby boy at a hospital in Multan yesterday

A Pakistani gang rape victim who gained prominence for her outspoken stance on the oppression of women has given birth to a baby boy, her husband and hospital officials said yesterday. Mukhtar Mai delivered the baby by Caesarian section two weeks prematurely in the central city of Multan, they added. Mai, now 40, was gang raped in June 2002 on the orders of a village council as punishment after her younger brother was accused of having illicit relations with a woman from a rival clan. Islamabad. Mai in March 2009 married police constable Nasir Abbas Gabol, who has five children from a previous marriage.