{
  "id": 7470540,
  "title": "Senate body annoyed over failure to conduct DNA test on deceased infants",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/senate-body-annoyed-over-failure-to-conduct-dna-test-on-deceased",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-15T04:14:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn - Pakistan",
    "slug": "dawn-pakistan",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2029935/senate-body-annoyed-over-failure-to-conduct-dna-test-on-deceased-infants"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In a Senate committee meeting, members expressed annoyance over the lack of action taken against officers from the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims). The committee questioned why DNA tests were not conducted on the newborn babies who were burnt to death. The incident took place in the hospital’s children's ward, and the committee's senator, Samina Mumtaz Zehri, raised concerns about the failure to register an FIR against those responsible.\n\nThe Pims administration and the health ministry informed the committee that a letter had been sent to the interior ministry requesting the registration of an FIR. However, the committee believed that the Pims administration and the health ministry should have lodged the FIR themselves with the relevant police station. A Pims authority told reporters that the 14 bodies had been handed over to parents, and they identified the children using identification bands.\n\nThe committee was skeptical about the claim that the identification bands and written names remained visible even after the bodies were burnt. They directed that an FIR be registered against the responsible officers and recommended placing their names on the Exit Control List (ECL), as per the law. The committee also reviewed the implementation of its previous directives to the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) regarding advertisements and the promotion of formula milk. While the committee found that the recommendations had been incorporated, they expressed dissatisfaction with the Pemra chairman's presentation and directed her to fully comply with their recommendations in the future.",
  "summary": "ISLAMABAD: Showing annoyance over the failure to register First Information Report (FIR) against officers of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims), members of a parliamentary committee questioned why DNA tests of the newborn babies, who were burnt alive , were not held. A meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on National Health Services was held under the chairmanship of Senator…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}