KARACHI: Senior medico-legal officer Dr Summaiya Syed became the first woman who has been appointed as the police surgeon.

According to a notification issued on Wednesday, Dr Syed, senior medical officer (BS-19), presently posted as additional police surgeon (BS-19), was assigned to hold additional charge of the police surgeon (BS-20) till further orders.

Former police surgeon Dr Qarar Ahmed Abbasi said that after late Prof Farhat Mirza, Dr Syed was the first female police surgeon who had expertise in forensic science .

He said that Dr Syed had a vast experience in medico-legal cases.

He said it was a long-standing demand of MLOs that the post of police surgeon should be given to relevant technical expert.

Published in Dawn, June 9th, 2022