Peshawar: The rape victims will be charged Rs 25,000 for medical examination in Pakistan due to empty coffers, according to media reports.
This insensitive move has come to the fore after the Forensics Department of Khyber Medical College University proposed a plan to charge rape victims Pakistani Rs 25,000 for medical examination and Rs 5,000 for an autopsy for the local residents of Peshawar.
Media reports said the decision was taken at a meeting of the Management Committee held recently in which 17 new charges were approved.
A rights activist Tamur Kamal said police in Pakistan often ask you to pay for the diesel for police vehicles. They will ask the general public to pay the charges of autopsy and even medical examination of rape victims, Kamal added.
The proposed plan also suggested charges for keeping corpses in the cold storage to Rs 1,500 per 24 hours. For DNA testing Rs 18,000 has been fixed.