LAHORE: Mr and Mrs Mian Mohammad Mansha of Pakistan’s leading business conglomerate the Nishat Group, joined hands with multiple award-winning film house SOC Films to lend support to Saba Qaiser, the subject of the Oscar award-winning documentary ‘A Girl in the River – The Price of Forgiveness’ and a victim of an attempted “honour killing”. Mr and Mrs Mansha worked with SOC Films to facilitate rehabilitative support to Saba Qaiser, who was forced to leave her family home after being made target of an attempted “honour killing” by her father and uncle. Mr and Mrs. Mansha financially aided and facilitated the means to construct a new home for Saba in Gujranwala, where she along with her husband will resettle and start a new family. Speaking about Saba, Nishat Group Chairman Mian Mohammad Mansha said, “Saba’s story is very tragic and one that as a father and grandfather, affected me deeply on a personal level. In a country where it’s incredibly disheartening to see ‘honour killings’ become so commonplace, Saba’s story is one of resilience, perseverance and the ability to overcome. When we heard about her story, my wife Naz and I immediately decided that we needed to reach out to SOC Films and see how best we could lend our support to Saba and her cause. We are delighted to be able to support Saba in her new life and hope that she’s able to start afresh in her new home.” Speaking about Saba and her collaboration with the Nishat Group, Oscar-winning filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy said, “Saba’s story is singularly unique as she is one of the few victims of ‘honour killings’ who survived her ordeal and lived to tell her tale, but not without being left scarred, both physically and emotionally. I am very grateful to Mr and Mrs Mansha for lending their valuable support to Saba and in assisting her in the construction and development of a new home where she can begin her life anew. Their support will go a long way towards helping Saba retake control of her life, allowing her the opportunity for a more hopeful and positive future.” Mr and Mrs Mansha are committed philanthropists and provide regular support to numerous Pakistani charities and social causes. In the past they have lent personal support to Salim Memorial Trust Hospital, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Trust, Lahore Hospital Welfare Society, Nawaz Sharif Kidney Hospital, Swat, Human Rights Society of Pakistan, Kidney Care Centre, the Citizens Foundation, Friends of Pakistan Institute of Cardiology Trust, Care Foundation and SOS Village among many others. ‘A Girl in the River – The Price of Forgiveness’ charters the journey of Saba Qaiser, an 18-year-old Pakistani girl who fell in love with and married a young man of whom her family did not approve. For this “crime”, her father and uncle kidnapped her from the home of her new husband’s family, drove her to a riverbank, shot her in the head, placed her in a sack and threw her in the river. Saba was one of over 1,000 women targeted for “honour killings” every year in Pakistan, but unlike most of those nameless victims, Saba survived.