15 Days Later: Karo-kari victim awaits post-mortem

SUKKUR: Fifteen days after the death of an alleged karo-kari victim in Sukkur, the hospital administration has yet to conduct the post-mortem. The paperwork following the murder has been completed but a doctors’ team has not been formed yet. The victim’s father protested outside the press club and demanded the hospital return the body. He said that the accused had been threatening him and that he should be given protection. The police have arrested two suspects.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 24^th, 2011.