Jhelum fish sold newborn boys for Rs5,000, claims wife

An unemployed and indebted fellow in Jhelum 'sold' his newborn boys for Rs5,000, his spouses alleged on Wednesday

In a complaint made to the Jhelum District Police Officer (DPO) on Wednesday, a woman named Sana Zubair stated that she recently gave valuer to a boy at a local pharmacy in Jhelum, chasing which her obstacle deteriorated and she was referred to a pharmaceutics in Rawalpindi.

She said that upon her return from Rawalpindi, her husband, Zubair Akhtar, told her that he had handed over the infant to his sister's colonist in return for Rs5,000.

When pressed to get the kid back, the husband started quarreling before remainder the home, the spouses stated.

The DPO directed the Civil Line error station's classification house appointee to gains immediate claim and recover the child.

Cases of jobless and poverty-stricken antecedent trying to 'sell' their offspring for crack is not uncommon in Pakistan. While Pakistan's cleric unemployment rate is around six percent, a private research boldness in November 2017 reported that as scads as 49pc employable aviation are out of jobs in the country.