Pakistan man murders HIV positive wife in epidemic-hit south

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A Pakistani man killed his HIV positive wife Wednesday in southern Pakistan, where hundreds of people have tested positive for the virus in recent ...

KARACHI: A Pakistani man killed his HIV positive wife Wednesday in southern Pakistan, where hundreds of people have tested positive for the virus in recent weeks, stirring panic and casting a light on the country's dismal public health standards.

"This morning the husband strangled with a rope and then hung her from a tree outside his home," Roshan Ali - a police officer in Shikarpur - told AFP, adding that the suspect was now in custody. Health officials say nearly 700 people, many of them children, have tested positive in recent weeks as experts warn of a surge in infection rates across Pakistan due to the use of unsanitary equipment and rampant malpractice - often at the hands of quack doctors.

 

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