• Session Chair: Dr. Malik Mukhtar Ahmed Bharath, Minister of State for National Health Services, Coordination & Regulation
  • Online Speaker: Dr. Azra Fazal Pechuho, Minister for Health & Population Welfare, Sindh
  • Video Message: Khawaja Imran Nazir, Minister for Health & Population Welfare, Punjab
  • Video Message: Shakeel Qadir Khan, Chief Secretary Balochistan

  • Panel Moderator: Shahnaz Wazir Ali, Former Member of the National Assembly
  • Panelist: Nadia Saquib, Secretary, Health & Population Department, Punjab
  • Panelist: Dr. Aneela Mehfooz Durrani, Secretary, Population Welfare Department, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Panelist: Javaid Ali Manwa, Former Member of the Provincial Assembly of Gilgit-Baltistan
  • Panelist: Raja Muhammad Razzaque, Secretary (Retd) Population Welfare Dept. Govt. of AJK

Opinion

Editorial

Dire straits
Updated 14 Jul, 2026

Dire straits

FOR some time, the escalating confrontation between the US and Iran has been playing out round the strategically...
Ethnic targets
14 Jul, 2026

Ethnic targets

THE murder of five workers from Punjab in Mashkel is another grim reminder that ethnic violence remains a persistent...
Poverty punished
14 Jul, 2026

Poverty punished

THE challenge of illegal migrations should be viewed through a humanitarian lens. Harsh punishments for the poor...
Banking inertia
Updated 13 Jul, 2026

Banking inertia

PRIME Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s latest call to banks to expand lending to SMEs is nothing new. Every government...
Justice imperilled
13 Jul, 2026

Justice imperilled

THE Human Rights Commission of Pakistan and the International Federation for Human Rights have raised concerns about...
Toxic staple
13 Jul, 2026

Toxic staple

A RECENT article published in Dawn has shed light on the challenges being faced by Sindh’s chilli farmers, whose...