Malir Jail prisoner commits suicide after testing positive for AIDS

In a shocking turn of events, a prisoner in Malir Jail committed suicide after testing positive for HIV AIDS. 

As per details, a prisoner named Aziz Khan Jadon tested positive for AIDS during tests at jail. After testing positive for the disease, he was dejected and committed suicide by jumping from the roof of the jail.

Meanwhile, Sindh Jails Minister, Ali Hassan Zardari has taken notice of the matter and formed an inquiry committee. 

9,284 people were tested positive for HIV throughout Pakistan in 2023.

They said although HIV infections were decreasing all over the world, Pakistan was among the few countries where new HIV infections were constantly on the rise. They declared Punjab as the most-affected province where around 52 percent of people were HIV positive.

“Larkana, Kasur, Sargodha and Lahore are the most-affected cities with highest burden and prevalence of HIV. We need to establish HIV prevention units in 10-15 most-affected districts, including these cities, to prevent the spread of HIV,” Iftikhar Shallwani, Federal Secretary of Health, told a ceremony in Islamabad to observe the World AIDS Day 2023.