Islamabad — capital city of Pakistan

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Wednesday, October 14, 2026

Islamabad

capital city of Pakistan

In brief

A deadly fire at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences in Islamabad's nursery/gynaecology ward has been linked to an air-conditioner compressor explosion, with newborn deaths reported in the range of several to over a dozen as crews continue firefighting and investigations.

India rejected Pakistan’s allegations of deliberately causing floods, attributing the Chenab’s rising flows to heavy monsoon rainfall and noting Pakistan’s own flood advisories corroborate this. The MEA said it would continue sharing real-time flood data with Pakistan on humanitarian grounds, and highlighted that the Indus Waters Treaty remains in abeyance pending Pakistan’s actions on cross-border terrorism.

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