--- title: "Police investigate deaths of 14 newborns at PIMS Hospital" description: "Most outlets reported that police have launched an inquiry into the deaths of 14 newborns at PIMS Hospital under criminal law provisions. ARY News highlighted that the probe began under Section 174, while The Nation framed the investigation as a criminal inquiry. Both emphasized the police action but used slightly different legal terminology." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/6258-pims-newborn-deaths-police-launch-criminal-inquiry site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Police investigate deaths of 14 newborns at PIMS Hospital pakistan · latest filing 3 Sep 2026, 10:02 PM PKT · 3 Sep 2026 · 5 articles from 4 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 4 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets reported that police have launched an inquiry into the deaths of 14 newborns at PIMS Hospital under criminal law provisions. ARY News highlighted that the probe began under Section 174, while The Nation framed the investigation as a criminal inquiry. Both emphasized the police action but used slightly different legal terminology. ## Same story from 4 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **Pakistan Today** — [PIMS fire: Police 'begin probe' into deaths of 14 newborns under Section 174](https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2026/09/03/pims-fire-police-begin-probe-into-deaths-of-14-newborns-under-section-174) · 3 Sep 2026, 10:02 PM PKT - **ARY News (English)** — [Police complete probe into deaths of 14 newborns at PIMS](https://arynews.tv/police-complete-probe-into-deaths-of-14-newborns-at-pims) · 3 Sep 2026, 6:07 PM PKT · 83% identical wording to the newest filing > The report includes written statements of the officials named in the inquiry, along with details of their locations. CCTV footage from... - **Abb Takk News** — [Police launch inquiry into deaths of 14 newborns at PIMS](https://abbtakk.tv/police-launch-inquiry-into-deaths-of-14-newborns-at-pims/) · 3 Sep 2026, 4:27 PM PKT · 84% identical wording to the newest filing > ISLAMABAD: Police have initiated an inquiry into the deaths of 14 newborn babies at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), with proceedings being conducted under Section 174 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC). According to sources, the provision relates to police inquiries into certain deaths. The investigation follows... - **The Nation** — [PIMS newborn deaths: Police launch criminal inquiry](https://www.nation.com.pk/03-Sep-2026/pims-newborn-deaths-police-launch-criminal-inquiry) · 3 Sep 2026, 3:24 PM PKT · 83% identical wording to the newest filing > ISLAMABAD: Police have launched an inquiry into the deaths of 14 newborn babies at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) under relevant provisions of criminal law, sources said Thursday. ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology). - [Parliamentary committees question PIMS fire investigation and CCTV footage](https://harzaviya.com/stories/4750-at-least-14-newborns-die-after-fire-breaks-out-at-pims-gynae) · 1 Sep 2026 · 22 outlets · 7 developments · 84% related - [Fourteen newborns died in a fire at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences in Islamabad on 26 August](https://harzaviya.com/stories/5778-a-state-that-mourns-but-never-mends) · 1 Sep 2026 · 2 outlets · 77% related - [PIMS stops accepting new maternity cases after nursery fire](https://harzaviya.com/stories/4949-pims-hospital-stops-accepting-new-maternity-cases-after) · 28 Aug 2026 · 4 outlets · 72% related - [20-member committee formed to recommend reforms at PIMS](https://harzaviya.com/stories/6967-20-member-committee-formed-to-recommend-pims-reforms-after) · 7 Sep 2026 · 5 outlets · 71% related 5 articles from 4 outlets, 3 Sep 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.