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A Sahil of joy: HIV positive couple’s unaffected newborn

KARACHI - HIV positive couple AD* and his wife S* stood, hands clasped and tears in their eyes, besides the cradle of their newborn boy. Till a few months ago, nobody believed that the baby will not be affected with HIV. Much to the parents' delight, the newborn is not HIV positive. On Thursday, relatives gathered at the residence of AD's sister at a ceremony where the newborn was named Sahil (seashore). The name Sahil was chosen, as the father explained, because the child's birth