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Debt Relief

While the world economy was already experiencing a synchronized downturn to the weakest in a decade — owing to the US-China Trade War, Brexit uncertainty over Europe and beyond, Technology…

Medical students call for fresh tests

The students have rejected the recent countywide Medical and Dental Colleges Admission Test (MDCAT) over 'faulty' results and demanded fresh, single-day test. While appealing to the chief justice of Pakistan…

IHC provides temporary relief to PMDC management

The management of the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC), which has faced its fair share of controversy over the last year, has once again received a favourable temporary Islamabad…

Right to health

THE Human Rights Commission of Pakistan recently convened a national roundtable on enshrining the right to health in the Constitution — a great initiative and a step in the right…

The human cost

THE way a country treats its prisoners says a lot about its values. Nelson Mandela, who was incarcerated for 27 years for opposing apartheid, once said: “A nation should not…

Hooked on hopium

Though commonly used by stock traders to describe the tendency to keep holding a stock as it plummets in value, the word ‘hopium’, a portmanteau of hope and opium, nicely…

In sickness and in debt: right to health

Muhammad Boota, a domestic worker in Lahore, requires an insulin injection every 10 days to help manage his diabetes. But just one of these injections costs about one-third of his…