ChatGPT as pivot for digital healthcare professionals
30th November 2022 heralded the dawn of a major paradigm shift in the machine-based learning world. On that fateful date, Open AI, an American tech firm, publicly launched ChatGPT, a…
Breaking barriers
While the 21st century has ushered in remarkable technological advancements and a global movement for gender equality, it is disheartening to acknowledge that the legal field in Pakistan remains firmly…
Barriers to progress
Electronic and print media is full of rhetoric by government functionaries about the serious obstacles withholding the country’s progress towards an industrialised and prosperous state. Amongst the favourites are corruption,…
Urban terrorism
Since early 2000, we have gradually experienced a change in the country’s security landscape, especially in the cities: gated communities; intrusive stop-and-search pickets; zigzag barriers; armed deployments with bulletproof jackets…
PMA opposes PMDC’s decision to restrict MDCAT candidates
The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA), the representative body of doctors, has rejected the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council’s (PMDC) recent decision of restricting candidates of the Medical and Dental College…
Pakistan’s vision amidst FY26 Budget
Pakistan’s annual budget has traditionally been more of a routine fiscal exercise conducted every year, covering only one year, voted every year, and executed over one year, rather than a fully strategic,…
How to modernise governance
The current structure and productivity of Pakistan’s public sector are increasingly seen as inefficient. While governance in any country fundamentally depends on its public servants, the underlying paradigm has shifted.…
PSX’s commitment to gender equality
The following is the full text of speech of Dr Shamshad Akhtar, Chairperson of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), that she delivered at the Gong Ceremony held at PSX to…
Nourishing the future
EVERY year, International School Meals Day is celebrated on the second Thursday of March, bringing attention to the importance of nutritious school meals in promoting child health, well-being, and learning.…
Let each one teach one
Pakistan faces a severe education crisis, with millions of children out of school and an alarmingly high illiteracy rate. Article 25-A of the country’s constitution says that “The State shall…
