Outlawed: Pakistan provincial court bans virginity tests on rape victims


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The Lahore High Court said a virginity test "offends the personal dignity of the female victim and therefore is against the right to life and right to dignity". Filepic: AFP

A court in Pakistan's most populous province on Monday outlawed virginity tests on rape victims - a longstanding practice in the country used to assess a woman's so-called honour.

Critics of the tests, including an invasive "two-finger test", had filed petitions in the eastern city of Lahore in a bid to have them outlawed.

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