The Medicolegal Ramifications of Pakistan's New Injury Legislation

Abdul Quddous and Aftab Anwar Shaikh
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Abdul Quddous: Assistant Professor, Mir Chakar Khan Rind University, Sibi, Pakistan
Aftab Anwar Shaikh: Advocate High Court of Balochistan, Pakistan

Bulletin of Business and Economics (BBE), 2023, vol. 12, issue 4, 721-723

Abstract: In 1979 Pakistan's penal laws underwent extensive reforms aimed at aligning them with Islamic Jurisprudence. These new laws altered the definitions and punishments for various types of injuries and also redefined and reclassified the crime of murder. According to the laws injuries must be identified and documented by an authorized physician. However several issues arise from these reforms: the new classification of injuries and deaths inadequate forensic training for emergency room physicians the involvement of doctors early in their careers in medicolegal work and the theoretical approach to forensic medicine education at the undergraduate level. These issues negatively impact the quality of medicolegal work in Pakistan. This article provides an overview of Pakistan's medicolegal system examines the current laws and their effects on the medical and legal systems and offers recommendations to improve forensic training and work standards.

Keywords: medicolegal ramifications; legal system; injury legislation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.61506/01.00326

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