Pakistan: Sick child dies during prolonged check by Pakistani forces

The incident took place overnight between Tuesday and Wednesday at the Uthal checkpoint, about 100 kilometres north of Karachi, when several passenger buses travelling from Balochistan were stopped for inspection, reported The Balochistan Post.

Passengers told the newspaper the checking began around 3 a.m. and continued until morning, adding that the child’s parents pleaded for help after she became critically ill but were not allowed to leave.

“The checking was extremely slow. Near dawn, we learned that a child on one of the buses had fallen critically ill. Her parents pleaded for help, but no one was allowed to move forward,” one passenger told the newspaper.

Another passenger said the child would have survived if the bus would have been allowed to reach the nearby hospital.

“We all requested that the bus be allowed to go because the girl had lost consciousness,” he said. “But we were told that no vehicle would move until the checking was completed. After a while, the child stopped breathing," the passenger told The Balochistan Post.