8 officials suspended after probe into Pakistan hospital fire that killed 14 newborns
People light candles in the memory of the newborn victims outside the Mother and Child Health ward at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/M.A. Sheik) Investigators visit the hospital nursery where a fast-moving fire killed 14 newborns, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Ehsan Shahzad) Hospital staff enter the Mother and Child Health ward at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Aug. Sheik) Women leave the Mother and Child Health ward at a hospital, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Aug.
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Sharif issued the orders after an investigative committee headed by retired senior civil servant Shahid Khan presented its interim report on Wednesday’s fire at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, or PIMS, his office said in a statement. His office said.