Pakistan suspends eight officials over hospital fire that killed 14 babies
- Interim inquiry finds lack of fire safety protocols at Islamabad hospital, prompting suspensions and criminal probe.
- Pakistan’s prime minister has ordered the suspension of eight officials and directed criminal proceedings against them after a fire killed 14 babies in the neonatal ward of a government-run hospital in the capital.
- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif issued the orders after an investigative committee presented its interim report on the fire at Islamabad’s Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), his office said in a statement on Saturday.
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- Interim inquiry finds lack of fire safety protocols at Islamabad hospital, prompting suspensions and criminal probe.
- Pakistan’s prime minister has ordered the suspension of eight officials and directed criminal proceedings against them after a fire killed 14 babies in the neonatal ward of a government-run hospital in the capital.
- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif issued the orders after an investigative committee presented its interim report on the fire at Islamabad’s Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), his office said in a statement on Saturday.
Sources: Al Jazeera