KARACHI March 17 (TNS): The Supreme Court on Saturday formed a four-member committee led by renowned philanthropist and founder of SIUT Adeeb Rizvi to devise a strategy to halt illegal trade and transplant of organs in the country.
The apex court bench headed by Chief Justice Justice Saqib Nisar heard the illegal organ transplantation case at the Karachi Registry. Dr Rizvi informed the court that kidney transplant continued unabated due to the absence of effective lawmaking. He said that Pakistan was on top in illegal transplantation of organs in the world and in order to halt this, a proper lawmaking and awareness regarding transplant of organs after the death is necessary.
“A public awareness campaign should be run among donors and masses and if this process is not adopted than illegal commercial activity for organ transplant will bolster,” he said. He also suggested the need to use organs of those killed in accidents in Karachi for transplants.
In Karachi, over 1,000 people are killed in different incidents and accidents in a year and there’s a need to use the organs of the deceased,” he said.
The CJP asked as to what steps could be taken for halting illegal transplant of organs and said that they would sit on this issue for the next day also in order to issue directives for effective lawmaking in this regard. The CJP also asked Dr Rizvi to submit recommendations in this regard and said that the court would completely support him in this regard.
“You should form a team and the court would completely assist you,” remarked the CJP and later also formed a four member committee to finalize recommendations for halting illegal organ trade and effective lawmaking in this regard.
