Mukhtar Hamid Shah was born on November 8, 1939 in Chakwal, Punjab, Pakistan. Son of Karam and Phoolan (Bibi) Shah.
Crime:
Harvested and sold body parts from kidnapped, unwilling donors. Caught holding 24 individuals captive in five flats for the purpose of harvesting their kidneys. Had previously avoided prosecution due to being connected to the Pakistani ‘power elite’.
Education
License Medicine & Surgery, Liaquat Medical College, Jamshoro, Hyderabad, 1963. Master Surgery, University Punjab, Lahore, 1972. On-Job Training in Nepho-Urology, Institute Urology, London, 1977.
Career
Medical officer Government of West Pakistan Health Department, 1963-1967. Registrar urology ward Mayo Hospital, Lahore, 1967-1970, senior registrar urology ward, 1971. Surgeon Pakistani Armed Forces, Pakistan, 1971-1972, consultant urologist and transplant surgeon Pakistan, 1973-1986, Kidney Center (Also known as Al-Sayed Hospital), Rawaldindi, since 1987. Owned hospital.
Achievements
Achievements include pioneering of many urological procedures in Pakistan, dialysis in Pakistan, 1969, kidney transplantation in Pakistan, 1979. Performed 1462 kidney transplant operations (highest number performed by one single surgeon in the world).
Membership
Colonel Army Medical Corps, 1973-1986. Member Asian Society Transplantation, International Society Nephrology, Asian Colliquium in Nephrology, Pakistan Society of Nephro-Urology (past vice president), Pakistan Society Urology.
Father: Karam Shah
Mother: Phoolan (Bibi) Shah
Spouse: Married Asia Bano, December 15, 1963.
Children: Dr. Mohammad Zahid Mukhtar Shah, Dr. Mohammad Tauseef Shah, Mohammad Taufeeq
Also arrested during investigation of crimes:
Zafar Iqbal (owned building where victims were held captive)
Faqeer Hussain alias Faqeeria (Kidney Centre employees)
Shahzad Qayyum alias Shani (Kidney Centre employees)
Bilquis Hussain (Kidney Centre employees)
Dr. Mohammad Zahid Mukhtar Shah (son and coworker)
Dr. Mohammad Tauseef Shah (son and coworker)
Source: https:// www.dawn.com/news/1308778