QUETTA: “We already received threats and intimidation. This attack proved that someone can throw acid on us, shoot us, or rape us inside the hospital itself.” Dr. Mahnoor remains under treatment. The full extent of the damage to her eyesight and body will only become clear as her recovery progresses.

“It has become impossible for us to work in such an environment. We keep holding protests and rallies, yet none of our concerns are taken seriously. Whenever we demand resources, we are told that we are being emotional. If we raise any issue, social media immediately turns it into, “Doctors don’t do their jobs anyway.” Doctors are constantly threatened, told their salaries will be stopped, that they will be terminated or suspended.”

@Shiffa_ZY i’m sick of the men of this country. load em up and drown them all. we’re better off than these numbnuts.

@baloch_ambreen @johnmcdonnellMP @antonioguterres @MichealMartinTD @GabrielBoric @petrogustavo @RKionka @KroenerJess @UN @hana_hr_eng @yvonneridley @democracynow @novaramedia @BaseerNaweed @AbbyMartin @RaniaKhalek @ImaanZHazir @KenRoth @netanyahu Pakistani army is behind this attack!

A female doctor is attacked with acid and the next day, this is what you people do to another female doctor who spoke up and demanded better security. Shameful.

When a patient is dying in the hospital, the doctors don't even check, they take their salary without working. We strongly condemn this incident; it is shameful that the doctors do not do their job.

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1/2 Women in Pakistan, particularly in Balochistan, face systemic marginalization and severe threats stemming from deeply entrenched patriarchal structures. Statistical reports indicate that only 21% of women participate in domestic economic production. Recognizing that...

While I am not inclined to subscribe to conspiracy theories, I find it difficult to believe that a lift operator would, entirely on his own, commit such an act against a doctor.