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A harrowing and dark episode of The Pakistan Experience, where Dr. Summaiya Syed Tariq talks about the "bowels of our society"; as the Karachi Police Surgeon, she deals with all kinds of violent crime, Gender Based Violence, and Crime. On this episode, she discusses police procedure, assault, laws, the two finger test, taboos, child abuse, the Dua Zehra Case, Baldia Town Tragedy and the PIA Crash. Dr. Summaiya Syed Tariq is the Karachi Police Surgeon. She is a Forensic Consultant and an expert on Clinical management of assault and GBV. Reach out to her on https://twitter.com/DrSueTariq Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 2:18 Gender based violence, known assaulters, police procedure, r*pe laws and their shortcomings 12:01 2-finger test, consent under duress, the process of filing a complaint and the anti-r*pe act 21:28 The Taboo for males and minors, sensitivity and empathy, the surrounding culture and attitude 34:30 How she sleeps at night, her first postmortem, court cases and living in the bowels of society and mansplaining 44:42 child sexual abuse, views on women and izzat, Qandeel Baloch, ostracizing of victims, and our disposable population 56:50 Repression, the Zainab alert, mistrust and fear of courts and police, prevalence of domestic violence 1:08:10 mental health pandemic, apathy for violence, financial independence, avenues for women, Dua Zehra’s case and Baldia Town fire 1:20:21 PIA crash victims’ families complaints, body disposal, Karachi’s medico-legal offices, dealing with the pressure 1:27:21 Dealing with sexism and being a woman in the field, and news media’s interference 1:31:04 Q&A