Dr Ahmed Abdullah

  FOR too long, the diagnosis of Pakistan’s healthcare system has remained static: underfunded, overburdened and neglected. The narrative has been one of stagnation, with…

  A couple of days ago, newborn babies burned to death in the nursery of PIMS. Let that sentence sink in. These were not patients…

  WHEN I look at the schooling system in Pakistan today, I sometimes wonder whether we are educating children or simply keeping them busy until…

  A man in Quetta kills himself and his family. An elderly husband kills his wife after years of sexual frustration. A lady doctor survives…

  AS a family physician, I am increasingly confronted by a disturbing reality that should alarm every Pakistani. Children and adults are arriving in clinics…

IN Pakistan, merit is a beautiful thing. Like punctual government offices or smooth traffic on Murree Road, everyone talks about it, but sightings remain rare.…

EVERY few years, HIV returns to the national conversation in Pakistan. There is outrage on television, emotional headlines, a few raids on clinics, promises of…

A day after petrol prices rose again, I parked my car at work and noticed the parking lot guard looking unusually distressed. I asked him…

  JUST as the world was beginning to understand the scale of climate change, the world seems to have turned back to war. Today, the…

I would like to begin with a disclaimer: I am not an expert, only a student of medicine and public health and for nearly two…