How to respond to Pakistan's alarming suicide rates? Calls for awareness ought to be accompanied by a push for an increase in professional mental healthcare services. Updated Dec 14, 2018 01:18pm
HIV is not a death sentence. So why do we treat it like one? We need to start dispelling myths surrounding HIV in the healthcare workforce, but in larger society too. Updated Jun 14, 2018 10:25am
Hockey hero Mansoor Ahmed would not have died had Pakistan had a deceased organ donation programme It is mind-boggling that the ultimate gesture of kindness requires so much convincing for acceptance in society. Updated May 17, 2018 08:07am
Pakistan’s newest health challenge: The typhoid superbug While chemists merrily dispense antibiotics, food stalls dispense salmonella, the bacteria that causes typhoid. Updated Apr 04, 2018 01:24pm
Why are Pakistani doctors assisting in the 'missing women' phenomena ? Gender-selection and sex-specific abortions violate Pakistan's medical code of ethics. Published Mar 16, 2018 05:00pm
Pakistan's flawed forensic investigation in rape cases is the weak link in the justice system Forensic medicine is an orphan specialisation in this country with the brightest minds choosing more lucrative fields. Updated Jan 27, 2018 01:58pm
Pakistani medical codes weren't violated in sending friend request to Sharmeen's sister – and that's a problem The fact of the matter is that most health professionals draw their own boundaries and follow their own norms. Updated Oct 30, 2017 03:25pm