Health officials and representative of NGOs have claimed the maternal mortality rate (MMR) in Pakistan is around 276 per 100,000 live births.
And according to the experts, excessive bleeding is responsible for around one third of mothers' deaths in childbirth.
Speaking at a workshop organised by the Health and Nutrition Development Society (HANDS) and the World Population Foundation (WPF), the figures are even higher in Balochistan, Pakistan's largest province.
According to figures, the maternal mortality rate in the state is as high as 856 per 100,000 live births.
With around 30,000 mothers losing their lives every year due to reproductive health complications, the experts warned the targets set out in the Millennium Development Goals were not being reached.
The target was to reduce maternal mortality in Pakistan to less than 140 by 2015.
At the workshop, HANDS and the WPF launched a campaign to highlight the awareness of safe motherhood.
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