Karachi woman delivers baby in Rickshaw finding local hospital shut.

KARACHI -- A woman reportedly birthed her baby on Saturday inside a rickshaw in Gizri area of district South as a local hospital with maternity facility was closed, media reported.

As soon as her delivery transpired, lawmakers from ruling Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf visited the local hospital to see grieving family and made contact with hospital administration over the incident.

The PTI huddle for the neighbourhood rushing to the hospital including Shahzad Qureshi and Dr Seema Zia roasted provincial health minister for the situation faced by the woman in her labour and said she was solely responsible.

The domestic leadership of Pakistan Peoples Party, which rules Sindh province, Qureshi said is busy shutting down hospitals in Karachi while health facilities are at a standstill.

In spite of its billion-rupee health budget of the...

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