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SC hears convict’s acquittal plea in illegal organ removal case
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- Add ARY News on Google AAResize ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has expressed concern over a growing number of illegal organ removal and transplant cases in the country.
- Justice Hashim Kakar on Wednesday made the observation during the hearing of an appeal by a doctor convicted for fraudulently removing a man’s kidney after allegedly luring him with a job offer.
- A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Justice Hashim Kakar heard an acquittal plea filed by Dr Fawad Mumtaz Khan against a seven-year prison term handed by the trial court and later upheld by the high court.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has expressed concern over a growing number of illegal organ removal and transplant cases in the country.
Justice Hashim Kakar on Wednesday made the observation during the hearing of an appeal by a doctor convicted for fraudulently removing a man’s kidney after allegedly luring him with a job offer.
A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Justice Hashim Kakar heard an acquittal plea filed by Dr Fawad Mumtaz Khan against a seven-year prison term handed by the trial court and later upheld by the high court.
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