Pakistan
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Key laws and policies
Pakistan does not appear to have national laws or policies specific to the practices currently falling within the scope of BioPolicyWiki.
Prohibited practices
Surrogacy
A contract whereby a woman (whether as a biological donor or as purely a gestational parent) carries a child for another couple would neither be recognized as legal nor be enforceable in Pakistan.
History
"The High Court awarded custody of a child to the birth mother, stating she was undeniably the mother, and was the child's rightful guardian. The Court once again underlined the null and void status of a surrogacy contract as the law of the land did not recognize surrogacy. This ended a seven year legal battle on the custody of the child. (P L D 2013 Lahore 254)." See: http://www.siut.org/bioethics/Sharmeen%20article%20final.pdf.
