Pakistani TV actress Bushra Waiz, 18, critically injured after attacker hurls acid in her face as she slept

A Pakistani teenage actress is in a critical condition in hospital after a man threw acid in her face while she was asleep at her family home.

Bushra Waiz, 18, was attacked in the early hours of Saturday moing, her brother said.

Her family said a man had proposed to Ms Waiz and hurled acid at her when she tued him down.

The family was asleep in their courtyard in the city of Nowshera, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, when the man attacked Ms Waiz at about 3am.

Akhtar Waiz told CNN that his sister suffered bus to the right of her face and her right leg, arm and eye.

Ms Waiz, also known as Shazia Aziz, is a stage and television actress and singer.

She is being treated at a Peshawar hospital. Her mother and brother also sustained minor injuries trying to protect her, reports Pakistan Today.

Last year, 150 acid attacks were recorded in Pakistan, with 17 per cent of those linked to marriage proposals, reports Dawn.com.

Actress Bushra Waiz, is seen lying in hospital in Peshawar with a relative by her side following an acid attack while she slept at her family home