MULTAN: A female patient was allegedly gang raped at a hospital in Burewala by staffers on Wednesday night.

According to media reports, the victim reached at the hospital to visit a doctor and was asked to wait as no doctor was available at the time.

Later she was injected with intoxicating drugs before being reportedly gang raped by five employees of the hospital.

Know more: Silence of the haunted

The alleged rapists fled away when her husband reached the hospital where her condition had begun to deteriorate.

Subsequently, a case was registered in this regard at the Model Town police station in Burewala.

Also read: Girl ‘raped’, dies of excessive bleeding

Police began conducting raids to carry out arrests but have remained unsuccessful so far.

Abdul Rehman, husband of the victim, said Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif should ensure the arrest of culprits and bring them to justice.

Rehman said he had left his wife at the hospital to bring his children from home and by the time he returned, she had been subjected to rape.

Opinion

Editorial

Words that wound
Updated 18 Jun, 2026

Words that wound

Hate speech rarely begins with physical attacks.
‘New urban province’
18 Jun, 2026

‘New urban province’

CONSIDERING the advance state of urban decay that affects Karachi, voices are often raised calling for the megacity,...
Punjab budget: mixed bag
18 Jun, 2026

Punjab budget: mixed bag

PUNJAB’S budget for FY27 is a mix of good and bad political choices, with a cash-strapped centre tightening the...
Spoiler alert
17 Jun, 2026

Spoiler alert

AFTER the temporary peace deal between the US and Iran is physically signed in Geneva on Friday, an arduous process...
Storm-tested cities
17 Jun, 2026

Storm-tested cities

THE deaths caused by the latest spell of monsoon rains in KP and Punjab illustrate how quickly severe weather can...
Chakwal tragedy
17 Jun, 2026

Chakwal tragedy

A NINE-year-old girl is dead because a Punjab Crime Control Department gunman mistook her family’s car for a...