Thatta's Malala waits for divine help to see the light again.

THATTA -- An skilled artisan, known for his beautiful carving work on traditional wooden swings, Nawaz Wadho, has warned he will commit self-immolation along with his family of seven if state, civil society and philanthropists do not come to his rescue and help his six-year-old daughter Malala Raho get back her vision.

The dejected Wadho, whose family members are well known in lower Sindh for their extraordinary wood carving work on swings since several generations, distributed a written statement attached with medical prescriptions and laboratory test reports among media persons at local press club the other day which said his daughter, eldest among seven siblings, had optic nerve and visual pathway disorder, which had rendered her completely blind.

He said that his family had been passing through its most traumatic days since Malala went blind about four years ago.

Wadho said that he approached Pakistan Peoples Party MNA Syed Ayaz Ali Shah Sheerazi, Raho tribal chief Ismail Raho, who was sitting provincial minister, for help. They made promises to get special fund of the chief minister approved for the treatment of Malala in some foreign country but they failed to keep their word.

Dejected father warns of en masse suicide if no one helps his daughter

He said that before seeking help from PPP stalwarts, he had somehow succeeded to...