Contagious diseases: Woman dies of hepatitis C

Thirty-two-year-old Ghazala, of Sialkot, was serving a life sentence after she was convicted of drug smuggling.

HARIPUR: A female inmate at Central Prison Haripur died of hepatitis C at District Headquarters Hospital, said jail authorities on Sunday. Thirty-two-year-old Ghazala, a resident of Sialkot, was serving a life sentence after she was convicted of drug smuggling. She was earlier detained in Peshawar and was shifted to Haripur a year ago. The body was handed over to her family.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 2rd, 2015.