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Why Pakistan overhauled its military command structure after five decades
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Fury and grief as parents of Pakistan infant fire victims demand answers
Funerals have begun for the 14 babies who were killed in a fire at Islamabad’s Institute of Medical Sciences.
Published On 27 Aug 2026
Locked inside: Grief and anger as Pakistan hospital fire kills 14 newborns
A nursery for critical infants — supposedly the safest place in Islamabad’s PIMS hospital — turned into a deathtrap.
At least 14 babies killed in Pakistan hospital nursery fire
Only one infant rescued from the neonatal facility where the fire broke out, in Pakistan’s capital.
