Karachi: 5 children were killed due to food poisoning in Saddar Karachi.
A man identified as Faisal along with his family including his five children, wife and a sister reached Karachi at 11 pm in the night from Pushin, Balochistan.
Family members placed order of biryani in a nearby No Bahar hotel of Karachi, Saddar and at 4 am in the night, condition of wife of Faisal deterioated after that she was shifted to Agha Khan Hospital located at Stadium road.
Later on when Faisal came back to his room, he found all his five children dead including 1 and a half year old son Abdul Aala, 4 -year old son Aziz Faisal, 6 -year old daughter alia, 7-year-old son Toheed and 9 -year old Salwa.
Faisal shifted all his five children along with his sister into hospital but they had expired.
According to hospital administration children died due to food poisoning.
Faisal’s 28-year-old wife was also said to be in critical condition.
According to SP Gulshan Tahir Noorani, family comprising 8 members first ate food at a private hostel in Khuzdar and later they had ordered biryani from Nobahar restaurant.
On the other hand, Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah has taken notice of the incident and ordered immediate inquiry of the matter.
CM said that victim family should be given every type of assistance.
It is vital to mention here that in Nov 2018 as many as 2 children were killed by consuming unhygienic food from a hotel.