Nishtar Hospital Ruling MNA lawmakers demand DNA test of bodies dumped on roof of Multan’s Nishtar Hospital
Islamabad: Ruling MNA lawmakers have demanded the government to carry out DNA tests of the putrefied bodies found on the rooftop of Multan’s Nishtar Hospital last week.
They expressed fear that these bodies might be of those who went missing from Sindh and tribal areas of the country.
The demand was first made by Kishwar Zehra of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) while speaking on a point of order in the National Assembly, which was later endorsed by a number of other legislators, who called for a parliamentary probe into the matter after seeking a report from the Punjab government, Dawn News reported.
“Our party demands that DNA tests of all these bodies should be conducted. We are not yet tired of searching for our missing people. God forbid, our people can be [among them],” said Zehra while exaggerating the number of bodies found, claiming 200 cadavers had been recovered from the hospital roof.
Independent MNA from North Waziristan Mohsin Dawar, while supporting Zehra’s demand, claimed some 500 abandoned bodies had been found from the hospital.
The issue came up under discussion in the lower house of parliament on the day Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi suspended three doctors and three employees of Nishtar Hospital and two police officials posted in the area after receiving an initial inquiry report of the incident.
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