Biennial PIMA scientific convention held
Riphah International University- RIU is producing medical experts and resources to equip the young generation in the scientific field and for this, Riphah is working on Lifestyle Medicine and Patient…
PIMA demands urgent solution to PMDC crisis
Pakistan Islamic Medical Association (PIMA) has demanded the restoration of Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) for immediate relief to thousands of doctors and medical students who are stranded due…
PIMA rejects dissolution of PMDC
Pakistan Islamic Medical Association (PIMA) has rejected the recently announced Pakistan Medical Commission Ordinance 2019 by the government and dissolution of Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC). In a statement…
Gearing up for change
THE newly elected government of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has a rare window of opportunity to exercise leadership by aligning national climate action with the ongoing economic reform agenda. The…
Implementing fiscal strategy
THE federal government has rectified what successive governments in Pakistan had overlooked for many years: announcing a National Climate Finance Strategy to help mainstream climate change in national policymaking processes.…
Uniting theory and action for climate
Karl Marx popularized the quote “From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs”. Given the quote, let us not forget that Earth has its needs too,…
Climate finance geopolitics
THE lines of distinction between climate finance and traditional development financing have been blurred. Concurrently, national and provincial roles and responsibilities in Pakistan to access international climate finance have become…
Fixing the loopholes
The IMF has released its technical assessment report titled ‘Public Investment Management Assessment’ (PIMA), evaluating Pakistan’s development framework. It has concluded that the country’s Public Sector Development Program (PSDP) is…
Managing public investment the mission-oriented way
Two renowned intellectuals – Greece’s former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, and columnist for Guardian George Monbiot – in two separate articles recently, pointed towards a common problem: neoliberalism, and austerity,…
Abolition of PMDC causes unrest among doctors
The representatives of medical community have expressed concerns over the abolition of Pakistan Medical and Dental Council and demanded cancellation of Pakistan Medical Commission Ordinance, 2019 that caused unrest among…
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