The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the federation and all four provincial health secretaries to submit concise reports in human organ transplantation case.
The division bench of the apex court comprising Chief Justice Answer Zaheer Jamali and Justice Tariq Masood heard the suo-moto case regarding illegal human organs transplantation.
The bench remarked that Pakistan has become the world center for sale and purchase of kidneys.
During the course of proceedings, Dr. Babar Awan counsel for the Al-Syed Hospital Rawalpindi appeared before the court and stated that a case human organ transplantation was pending in the court.
He said that the police was teasing the hospital administration and employees on the name of investigation.
He said that one senior doctor of the hospital went abroad due to registration of FIR against him.
The chief justice remarked that the court would not issue any order to police in this regard.
He remarked that if the hospital administration considered that police was harassing them then they can challenge police action in the court.
Dr. Babar Awan told the court that some times kidney have to be arranged outside family as in some cases family members kidneys did not match with the patient.
On which the chief justice remarked that if there was any indisposition in the law regarding human organ transplantation then it could be amended.
He remarked that the court would not allow illegal business of human organs in the name of kidneys transplantation as it was harming the image of country worldwide.
Babar Awan said that India was at the top in kidneys transplantation.
The court sought details regarding human organs transplantation and adjourned hearing of the case till last week of August. (APP)
