Organ trafficking is a societal menace, remarks CJP
There are many villages in Punjab where most people have just one kidney, Islamabad police report
May 23, 2017
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Saqib Nisar remarked that organ trafficking is a huge menace in society while hearing a suo moto case on illegal trafficking of kidneys on Tuesday.
CJP also said that people who are forced to sell their organs are being exploited.
During proceedings, police submitted a 53-page report to the three-member bench, which is being headed by the CJP.
According to the report, organ trafficking is also common in Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan. There are many villages in Punjab where most people have just one kidney, the report revealed.
The organ donors are shown as fake family members of the traffickers, according to the report.
The Islamabad SSP said that the ordinance passed in 2009, which aims at regulating removal, storage and transplantation of human organs and tissues, does not apply to the federal capital.
SSP also remarked that registered institutions are involved in the menace of organ trafficking but the police do not have the authority to probe those. However, FIA has the authority to investigate those institutions.
After reading the report, CJP told the SSP “this is an important problem and we need more information on the issue.” All the institutions should work together to eliminate this menace, he said.
The court ordered Attorney-General, the four provinces, GB and Kashmit AGs to submit replies on the report prepared by SSP Islamabad.
