Sindh Forensic DNA Lab gets global recognition

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KARACHI:

The Sindh Forensic DNA Laboratory has been recognised at the global level and emerged as the first forensic lab in the country to receive the ISO certification.

This lab was established in 2018 at the University of Karachi in collaboration with the Sindh government and ICCBS which has so far handled 8,500 DNA cases of various accidents, incidents and crime.

This lab has now been accredited by the Pakistan Scientific Accreditation Council.

The Pakistan Scientific Accreditation Council gives this accreditation under the international organisation ISO 17025, which is called a third-party audit.

In-charge of the DNA Laboratory, Dr. Ishtiaq Ahmed, while talking to The Express Tribune, said that the ISO 17025 certification has been renewed after the annual performance audit.

It may be recalled that this forensic lab has the honour that the investigation conducted by this lab in the Diya Bhel murder case had dispelled the propaganda of the Indian media in which the Hindu minority in Pakistan was being declared unsafe.

A woman from the Bhel community, Diya Bhel, was brutally murdered by an alleged sorcerer from the same community.