~84% of births attended by skilled health professionals.
Source
Government of Pakistan — https://finance.gov.pk/economic/pak_economy_2026.pdf. Verified in source set / retroactive normalization pending.
What it proves
Positive health-system evidence; picture is not uniformly negative.
What it does not prove: Skilled attendance counts a qualified professional being present at delivery; it does not establish that emergency obstetric care, blood supply or referral was available if labour went wrong. It is also a national average across provinces whose other service indicators diverge sharply, and attendance at birth is not care continued — postnatal follow-up reaches only ~44%.
Memory hook: 84% → skilled hands at delivery, no guarantee of emergency care behind them
Rebuts the claim: "Most Pakistani women still deliver without any trained attendant" — about 84% of births are attended by a skilled health professional.