Karachi police encounter deaths: surgeon issues new directive
Karachi police encounter deaths will now be treated as custodial deaths, and the police surgeon has made a medico-legal certificate compulsory in every case.
Karachi's police surgeon, Dr Samiya Syed, issued a standing office order on these cases.
Suspects killed in a Karachi police encounter will be treated as custodial deaths.
Bodies will be examined under the dead-on-arrival protocol, and a medico-legal certificate is required.
Each case must go to a magistrate under Section 176 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
In Landhi and Gadap City, a 22-year-old woman and an 18-year-old girl died after swallowing a toxic substance.