Mystery surrounds newborn baby's birth

The woman, identified as Zubia, was later shifted to another private hospital in North Nazimabad. Husband, Rashid Iqbal, had been taking his wife to the same hospital for check-ups for the past nine months.

He said doctors had repeatedly conducted ultrasounds and other examinations, recorded the pregnancy in the hospital file and even informed the couple about the baby's estimated weight and size. His wife first visited the hospital on November 20, 2025, where Dr Anjum Ara confirmed her pregnancy following a test.

Rashid said that during a check-up on August 18, doctors Anjum Ara and Talat conducted an ultrasound and gave August 27 as the expected delivery date. The family was asked to bring Zubia to the hospital at 10am on August 27, when she was to be given an injection to induce labour.

He said all the details were recorded in the hospital's documents., he brought Zubia to the hospital at around noon. "Dr Anjum Ara kept reassuring us that the baby was fine and that the delivery would be normal," he said.

However, at around 11pm, the doctor allegedly 's blood pressure was rising and that a C-section would be necessary. The family agreed and deposited Rs70,000 with the hospital, while the doctor also obtained their signatures on a form, Rashid said.

He said the family met Zubia and offered prayers before she was taken to the operating room. At around midnight, Rashid said he was called inside and informed by Dr Anjum Ara that his wife was not pregnant and that her abdomen contained "air" instead of a baby.

"We were stunned. A short while earlier, a hospital guard had congratulated us and had been born and would be handed over to us shortly," Rashid alleged. He said he and his mother confronted the doctor, while other relatives entered the room after hearing the commotion.

"As soon as the relatives became angry, the doctors and other hospital staff fled," he alleged. Rashid claimed that hospital management handed the family a card stating that they had visited the hospital for treatment four months earlier.

He said he immediately went to the labour room and searched for his wife's original medical file. "I found the original file under some sheets. It contained her complete medical record, including ultrasound reports.

The record also mentioned the baby's weight and other examination details," he said. Rashid alleged that he subsequently searched for the doctors and found them hiding in a room near the washroom in the labour room.

He claimed that he broke the glass panel above the door, opened the latch and found Dr Anjum Ara and Dr Talat hiding inside. "They came out when I asked them to, but shortly afterwards they escaped through the rear door," he alleged.

Five other women who had arrived at the hospital for delivery and several admitted patients also allegedly left the facility, saying the hospital administration was lying to them. When police arrived at the hospital, the doctors and other staff had already fled,.

Police surrounded the facility and searched for the staff but could not locate them. Later, police detained a man found in the women's ward. Residents of the area allegedly identified him as an employee of the hospital's IT department.

The man was reportedly attacked by angry relatives before police rescued him and took him to the computer room to retrieve CCTV footage. However, the computers were locked and could not be accessed, the family said.

Police subsequently seized the CCTV DVR from the hospital.