--- title: "Forensic report on women who died in police custody reveals drug use" description: "Most outlets led with the confirmation from the Punjab Inspector General of Police that a forensic report found traces of drug use in the bodies of two women who died in police custody. The emphasis was largely on the number of drugs detected and the official’s statement at a press conference. One outlet briefly mentioned the context of the deaths occurring in Township police station, while another provided a slightly more detailed description of the event and the official’s location and platform." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/4767-nine-drugs-detected-in-bodies-of-two-women-who-died site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Forensic report on women who died in police custody reveals drug use pakistan · latest filing 26 Aug 2026, 11:00 AM PKT · 26 Aug 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets led with the confirmation from the Punjab Inspector General of Police that a forensic report found traces of drug use in the bodies of two women who died in police custody. The emphasis was largely on the number of drugs detected and the official’s statement at a press conference. One outlet briefly mentioned the context of the deaths occurring in Township police station, while another provided a slightly more detailed description of the event and the official’s location and platform. ## Same story from 2 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **Geo News** — [Nine drugs detected in bodies of two women who died in police custody: Punjab IGP](https://www.geo.tv/latest/679219-nine-drugs-detected-in-bodies-of-two-women-who-died-in-police-custody-punjab-igp) · 26 Aug 2026, 11:00 AM PKT > Punjab Inspector General of Police Abdul Karim speaking at a press conference at the Central Police Office, Lahore on August 25, 2026. — Screengrab via Facebook/@punjabpolicecpoMedical board says combined drug toxicity causes both deaths.Investigators find no evidence of torture or... - **Dawn** — [Deaths in Township police custody: Forensic report confirms women were addicts: IGP](https://www.dawn.com/news/2025309/deaths-in-township-police-custody-forensic-report-confirms-women-were-addicts-igp) · 26 Aug 2026, 8:58 AM PKT · 81% identical wording to the newest filing > LAHORE: Punjab Inspector General of Police (IGP) Abdul Kareem says the forensic report of the two young women, who had died in Township police station, has confirmed that they had been using addictive drugs or prohibited substances. Addressing a press conference here on Tuesday, along with other senior officers of Lahore police, he said the forensic report was prepared by a medical board compri... ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology). - [Two women die during police custody in Lahore](https://harzaviya.com/stories/2021-lahore-two-women-died-in-police-custody) · 7 Aug 2026 · 2 outlets · 74% related - [Post-mortem reports find no signs of torture in deaths of two women in police custody](https://harzaviya.com/stories/2774-postmortem-reports-find-no-signs-of-torture-on-two-women-who) · 11 Aug 2026 · 4 outlets · 72% related 2 articles from 2 outlets, 26 Aug 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.