The woman is a leukaemia patient and received a stem cell transplant from someone with natural resistance to the Aids-causing virus. An umbilical cord blood transplant was done, as a part of her cancer treatment.
Pakistan is inching closer to the appointment of the first woman Supreme Court judge after the High Power Panel's nod to elevate Lahore High Court judge Ayesha Malik to the Supreme Court.
India has announced financial assistance of USD 900 million loan to Sri Lanka to help the island nation in building up its depleted foreign reserves and for food imports.