Stories by Zulfiqar A Bhutta

Zulfiqar A. Bhutta is founding director of the Institute for Global Health Development at the Aga Khan University and a leading public health advocate for women and children.

Addressing mass starvation in Gaza

Gaza has seen the highest proportion of child deaths and injuries in any modern urban conflict. Updated 08 Aug, 2025 08:57am

Polio pains

Every new government changes the leadership of the polio programme without realising how negatively it might impact it. Updated 01 Feb, 2025 08:49am

Whither health & environment?

The worsening human development crisis must be the centrepiece of all state reforms. Updated 22 Mar, 2024 09:46am

What can we do to salvage Pakistan’s Covid-19 response?

Premature joy over lower epidemic burden fed a false sense of security that somehow Pakistanis are immune. Updated 23 Nov, 2020 09:19am

Pakistan’s Covid-19 response: 5 things we need to do

Our response to the virus needs to be unified. Updated 15 Apr, 2020 10:28am

SPECIAL REPORT: Malnutrition and stunting in Pakistan: Losing a generation: the impact of malnutrition

With nearly 44pc of children stunted, if the government fails to reverse the situation, Pakistan is on a dangerous Published 02 Dec, 2016 06:47am