SHC seeks progress report in minor’s rape case
Police directed to coordinate with other provinces for missing persons’ recovery
KARACHI:
The Sindh High Court sought a progress report from Dadu Police on Monday pertaining to a minor s rape case and subsequent discharge from Liaquat University Hospital, Hyderabad.
The Dadu deputy commissioner, SSP and medical superintendent of Dadu Civil Hospital appeared before the court.
During the hearing, the police briefed the court on the investigation thus far.
The court was informed that the prime suspect, Ayaz Panhwar, has been arrested and had recorded his confessional statement before a judicial magistrate in Dadu. The clothes and blood samples of the vicitm and the accused had been sent to the lab at Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Jamshoro, for DNA testing, the police said.
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‘20 out of 30 districts of Sindh not providing mental health facilities’
National
February 2, 2021
SUKKUR: As many as 20 out of 30 districts of Sindh do not have mental health facilities, while one of the most underprivileged districts, Tharparkar, has taken the lead to initiate the provision of sustained mental health programme through a network of health workforce.
During the concluding ceremony of a three-day training workshop on ‘Telehelp Services on Mental Health’, Chairman, Sindh Mental Health Authority (SMHA), Senator Dr Karim Khawaja, said the mental health facilities would be provided through a multi-level partnership, including SMHA, Thar Foundation, Sindh Health Department, Civil Hospital Mithi, Sir Cowasjee Institute of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Hyderabad (SCIPBS), and Liaquat University of Medical & Health Licenses (LUMHS). He said the services would connect the mental health patients with the health professionals at various levels through a netw