Doctor arrested for selling newborn babies

Islamabad, June 05: A Pakistani lady doctor here has been arrested for selling newborn babies.

Fatima, a doctor, was arrested from a private hospital on Thursday night on the charge of selling newborn babies and she was sent to jail on 15-day judicial remand by a court on Friday, Dawn reported from Peshawar.

“We have recovered a five-month-old baby boy from her possession, which was sold for Rs.360,000,” said a police official who added that Fatima had sold several babies in the past.

The official said that the doctor had also sold several babies born out of wedlock.