Pakistani doctor arrested after 90 infected by HIV syringe

A doctor in Pakistan has been arrested on suspicion of infecting at least 90 people with HIV using a contaminated syringe. [AFP]

At least 90 people, including 65 children, are believed to have been infected with the HIV virus in Pakistan by a doctor using a contaminated syringe, officials said Friday.

"We have arrested a doctor after receiving complaints from the health authorities," said Kamran Nawaz, the local police chief heading the case in the southern city of Larkana.