When Aisha Salim marries her fiance in Pakistan next March, it will be the wedding of her dreams.
she will be every inch the fairytale virgin bride
after the ceremony, she will hand her blooded wedding-night sheets to her in-laws as proof of her virginity.
she is a modern-day university graduate who has smoked, drunk, made love to - and even lived with - a previous English boyfriend.
To disguise the fact that she has had sex, she has paid for painful surgery to "restore" her virginity.
"My virginity was restored in a delicate operation just last week, and I honestly view it as life-saving surgery," says Aisha.
"If my husband cannot prove to his family that I am a virgin, I would be hounded, ostracised and sent home in disgrace.
I honestly believe that one of my fanatically religious cousins or uncles might kill me in revenge
honour killings are still accepted within our religion.
The rise in Islamic fundamentalism is being blamed for the growing trend for hymenoplasties
clipped from: www.dailymail.co.uk