Nearly 4,000 people with HIV/Aids have reported at treatment centres around Pakistan, government and World Health Organisation (WHO) officials say.
The figure is a fraction of the total number of Pakistanis with the virus.
A UNAids report last year said that between 80,000 and 140,000 people were infected – and the rate could spiral because of under-reporting of cases.
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A joint study conducted recently by UNAids and the Aga Khan Univeristy in Karachi reported that 80% of known cases in Pakistan involved people who had been deported from the Gulf states for having Aids.