BAHAWALPUR: Seven suspects allegedly shaved moustache and head of a man who was also raped by one of the male suspects for having a relationship with his wife and sister-in-law at Basti Nokewala in the limits of Lodhran City Police Station.

In his first information report (FIR), the complainant claimed that he had a relationship with his relative woman who called him to Lodhran by telephone on Aug 9. When he reached there, the woman’s brother took him to the house of a suspect at Basti Nokewala where the woman, her husband, mother, brother and two unidentified men allegedly tortured him.

The woman’s brother forcibly shaved his head and moustaches while she made its video on a mobile phone.

The victim alleged that the woman’s husband also raped him. He also alleged that the reason for the torture was his relationship with the woman in question and her sister.

According to Lodhran police spokesperson, the FIR was registered against seven suspects. He claimed that they had two suspects while the victim was sent for a medical examination.

CANCER HOSPITAL: The Bahawalpur Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Oncology (Bino), a cancer hospital, has been upgraded with a cost of Rs2.24 billion, ensuring free cancer treatment to thousands of deserving patients.

This was disclosed by Bino Director Dr Iftikhar Ahmed here on Tuesday.

Talking to Dawn, Dr Iftikhar said the institute’s upgrade had been recently completed and its single-storey building had been raised to three storeys with facility of two lifts and the latest modern machinery to provide quick and effective treatment to cancer patients. He said the bed strength had been increased from 50 to 125 to meet the rising demand of the patients coming from far-flung areas.

Dr Ahmed said the new and latest machinery installed included a CT Scan machine known as ‘Gamma Camera’ costing Rs250m, another CT Scan 128 machine for MRI, a radiotherapy machine called ‘Linac’ and an ultrasound machine.

He claimed that the new radiotherapy machine was third in the country in any

public hospital after Islamabad and Karachi. He said the institute had been solarised at a cost of Rs60m to have a solar plant of 480kV to save electricity at high rates.

To a question, the Bino director claimed that about 99pc visiting poor patients were provided medicines free of cost as annually about 50,000 patients visited the cancer hospital. Besides, the patients with Sehat cards were provided with free treatment in addition to their financial help from Baitul Maal and Zakat funds.

Dr Iftikhar lauded the role of the Cancer Society whose office-bearers and members were selflessly working to provide financial help to the needy and deserving patients.

Published in Dawn, August 13th, 2025