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Parents
put up for auction in Pakistan
Friday February 11, 2011 12:02:25 PM,
IANS
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Islamabad: Five
handicapped siblings, suffering from a degenerative disease, put
up their old parents for auction in Pakistan's Punjab province as
the family had nothing to eat and had been starving for the past
two days.
The auction of the parents was organised outside the district
coordination officer (DCO) office in Khanewal town, Express
Tribune reported Friday.
The disabled brothers and sisters invited bids to sell their
parents, saying that their family was starving and that their
parents had volunteered to be sold if the money could pay for
their treatment.
Retired railways official Muhammad Sarwar's five children -
Tanveer, Badar, Safdar, Zaheer and Nadia - have become disabled
due to a genetic degenerative disorder.
Sarwar had sold off his entire property, including furniture, to
pay for his children's treatment and were not able to afford the
medical bills.
The siblings said they had been starving for two days when they
decided to auction their parents.
"The government earlier promised to give us financial assistance
but we didn't receive anything.
"We are desperate," Safdar said.
They said since their father was retired and they were disabled,
the family had no sources of income.
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