Acid attack on female doctor in Pakistan highlights safety fears of women practitioners

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An acid attack on a female doctor in Quetta, Pakistan, has sparked protests and strikes highlighting health sector safety fears for women practitioners. The suspect was killed by officers attempting to flee the scene.

An acid attack against a woman doctor has sent shock waves through Pakistan’s medical sector, sparking strikes and a protest demanding safety and justice for the victim. A man threw acid at Mahnoor Nasir at her hospital in the southern city of Quetta on Saturday, causing burns to 7 per cent of her body, according to the provincial chief minister’s office. Officers killed the suspected perpetrator, Humayun Shah, a lift operator at the medical facility, at a bus station as he tried to...