--- title: "Inquiry finds electrical fault caused fire at PIMS nursery" description: "Most outlets reported that an inquiry found an electrical fault caused the deadly fire at the PIMS nursery. Dawn framed the incident within broader systemic issues in Pakistan’s health system, while Minute Mirror focused on the inquiry’s findings without additional context." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/8632-pims-fire-inquiry-committee-finds-systemic-institutional site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Inquiry finds electrical fault caused fire at PIMS nursery pakistan · updated 17 Sep 2026, 7:08 AM PKT · 15–17 Sep 2026 · 18 articles from 14 outlets over 2 developments ## How it developed Newest development first. Each carries its own coverage and, where we have one, our summary of it. ### 16 Sep 2026 — Inquiry finds electrical fault caused fire at PIMS nursery (2 outlets) > Most outlets reported that an inquiry found an electrical fault caused the deadly fire at the PIMS nursery. Dawn framed the incident within broader systemic issues in Pakistan’s health system, while Minute Mirror focused on the inquiry’s findings without additional context. - **Dawn** — [Pims report](https://www.dawn.com/news/2030552/pims-report) · 17 Sep 2026, 7:08 AM PKT > PAKISTAN’S health system is trapped in a loop of doom. A localised electrical failure caused the blaze that killed 14 newborns at the Pims nursery, says an inquiry committee’s report about last month’s tragedy in Islamabad. It holds the hospital management responsible for systemic and institutional collapse due to which the fire morphed into a calamity. More specifically, it suspects that eithe... - **Minute Mirror** — [PIMS nursery fire caused by electrical fault, inqu...](https://minutemirror.com.pk/pims-nursery-fire-caused-by-electrical-fault-inquiry-finds-systemic-institutional-failures-630900/) · 16 Sep 2026, 2:12 PM PKT · 82% identical wording to the newest filing > A comprehensive inquiry into the deadly fire that swept through the Mother and Child Health (MCH) nursery at the Pakistan Institute ### 15 Sep 2026 — Inquiry into PIMS nursery fire finds systemic failures and electrical fault as likely cause (14 outlets) > Most outlets led with the inquiry's conclusion that systemic and institutional failures, alongside an electrical fault, were responsible for the deadly fire at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences nursery. Several also mentioned the death toll of 14 newborns and the formation of the inquiry by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. The Express Tribune and Aaj News specifically noted that criminal responsibility of an individual would need to be determined separately, while Business Recorder and Pakistan Observer highlighted the hospital’s administrative failures and failure to act on fire-safety warnings, respectively. - **Pakistan Today** — [PIMS fire inquiry finds systemic failure, electrical fault most likely cause](https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2026/09/15/pims-fire-inquiry-finds-systemic-failure-electrical-fault-most-likely-cause) · 15 Sep 2026, 9:14 PM PKT - **Dunya News** — [PIMS fire inquiry blames systemic failures as electrical fault emerges as likely cause](https://dunyanews.tv/en/Health/973054-pims-fire-inquiry-blames-systemic-failures-as-electrical-fault-emerges) · 15 Sep 2026, 7:21 PM PKT · 83% identical wording to the newest filing > Inquiry report says systemic failures turned an electrical fault into the deadly Pims nursery fire that killed 14 newborns, urging safety reforms and accountability measures. - **Daily Pakistan (English)** — [PIMS fire inquiry finds systemic failure, electrical fault behind deaths of 14 infants](https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/15-Sep-2026/pims-fire-inquiry-finds-systemic-failure-electrical-fault-behind-deaths-of-14-infants) · 15 Sep 2026, 7:05 PM PKT · 75% identical wording to the newest filing > ISLAMABAD – An inquiry into the deadly fire at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) has found systemic and institutional failures, while identifying an electrical fault as the most likely cause of the blaze that killed 14 newborns. The fire broke out on August 26 in the nursery of PIMS’ Mother and Child Hospital, […] - **Aaj News (English)** — [PIMS inquiry report blames administrative failures for deaths of 14 newborns](https://english.aaj.tv/news/330472478/pims-inquiry-report-blames-administrative-failures-for-deaths-of-14-newborns) · 15 Sep 2026, 6:23 PM PKT · 62% identical wording to the newest filing > A 43-page inquiry report into the fire at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) in Islamabad has blamed the hospital’s administrative failures for the deaths of 14 newborn babies. According to the report, one other newborn was rescued safely during the incident. The inquiry committee found serious shortcomings in the hospital’s fire safety arrangements despite previous identificatio... - **Pakistan Observer** — [PIMS Nursery Fire Inquiry Points to AC Fault, Institutional Failures](https://pakobserver.net/pims-nursery-fire-inquiry-points-to-ac-fault-institutional-failures/) · 15 Sep 2026, 5:53 PM PKT · 75% identical wording to the newest filing > An inquiry into the PIMS nursery fire that killed 14 newborns has identified an electrical fault in the supply cable… - **Arab News Pakistan** — [Pakistan hospital failed to act on fire-safety warnings before blaze killed 14 newborns — probe](https://www.arabnews.pk/pakistan/pakistan-hospital-failed-to-act-on-fire-safety-warnings-before-blaze-killed-14-newborns-probe-3001313) · 15 Sep 2026, 5:52 PM PKT · 51% identical wording to the newest filing - **Hum News English** — [PIMS fire: Inquiry finds electrical fault, systemic failures behind tragedy](https://humenglish.com/latest/pims-fire-inquiry-finds-electrical-fault-systemic-failures-behind-tragedy/) · 15 Sep 2026, 5:30 PM PKT · 75% identical wording to the newest filing > ISLAMABAD: An inquiry into the August 26 fire at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) nursery has found that an electrical fault near an air-conditioning unit was the most likely cause of the blaze that killed 14 of 15 critically ill newborns, while a series of longstanding institutional failures contributed to the tragedy. The inquiry report, ordered by Prime Minister Shehbaz Shar... - **BOL News** — [Inquiry finds systemic failure, electrical fault in Pims hospital fire that killed 14 newborns](https://bolnews.com/pakistan/inquiry-finds-systemic-failure-electrical-fault-in-pims-hospital-fire-that-killed-14-newborns) · 15 Sep 2026, 5:29 PM PKT · 70% identical wording to the newest filing > Pakistan's Pims Hospital fire inquiry reveals systemic failure & electrical fault killed 14 newborns. Probe confirms institutional culpability. - **Business Recorder** — [PIMS fire inquiry report finds major safety failures behind deaths of newborns](https://www.brecorder.com/news/40439603/pims-fire-inquiry-report-finds-major-safety-failures-behind-deaths-of-newborns) · 15 Sep 2026, 5:19 PM PKT · 61% identical wording to the newest filing > A 43-page inquiry report into the deadly fire at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) has held the hospital administration responsible for major safety failures that led to the deaths of 14 newborn babies, Aaj News reported on Tuesday. According to the report, the fire killed 14 newborns, while one baby was rescued safely. The inquiry committee found that serious fire-safety defici... - **Geo News** — [Inquiry report finds 'systematic, institutional failure' behind Pims deadly fire](https://www.geo.tv/latest/682181-inquiry-report-finds-systematic-institutional-failure-behind-pims-deadly-fire) · 15 Sep 2026, 5:18 PM PKT · 70% identical wording to the newest filing > Police officers move past an ambulance outside an intensive care unit after a fire broke out at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences hospital in Islamabad, August 26, 2026. — Reuters No evidence of arson, oxygen leak as ignition source.Criminal probe recommended into AC... - **24 News HD** — [Inquiry finds systemic failures in PIMS nursery fire that killed 14 newborns](https://www.24newshd.tv/15-Sep-2026/inquiry-finds-systemic-failures-pims-nursery-fire-killed-14-newborns) · 15 Sep 2026, 5:08 PM PKT · 66% identical wording to the newest filing > A prime minister-constituted inquiry into the August 26 fire at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) nursery has found that 14 of the 15 newborns being treated in the unit died, while one survived, with the committee identifying an electrical fault as the most probable cause and pointing to serious institutional, fire-safety and. - **Dawn** — [Pims fire: Inquiry committee finds 'systemic, institutional failure' behind tragedy](https://www.dawn.com/news/2030125/pims-fire-inquiry-committee-finds-systemic-institutional-failure-behind-tragedy) · 15 Sep 2026, 4:33 PM PKT · 74% identical wording to the newest filing > ISLAMABAD: An inquiry committee formed to probe the deadly fire at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) has found “systemic and institutional failure” and determined that an electrical failure was the most likely cause of the blaze, it emerged on Tuesday. The August 26 fire at a nursery in Pims’ Mother and Child Hospital claimed the lives of 14 newborns. The incident raised concern... - **Minute Mirror** — [PIMS nursery fire linked to electrical fault](https://minutemirror.com.pk/pims-nursery-fire-linked-to-electrical-fault-630484/) · 15 Sep 2026, 4:17 PM PKT · 72% identical wording to the newest filing > An inquiry committee formed by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to investigate the fire at the Pakistan Institute of - **The Express Tribune** — [Inquiry report finds systemic, institutional failures at fault in PIMS nursery fire](https://tribune.com.pk/story/2629451/inquiry-report-finds-systemic-institutional-failures-at-fault-in-pims-nursery-fire) · 15 Sep 2026, 1:25 PM PKT · 73% identical wording to the newest filing > Concludes criminal responsibility of an individual would have to be determined separately ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. 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