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Dr Ahmed Abdullah

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Silver lining amidst healthcare crisis

FOR too long, the diagnosis of Pakistan’s healthcare system has remained static: underfunded, overburdened and neglected. The narrative has been one...

05.09.2026 40

Pakistan Observer

Dr Ahmed Abdullah

The system never existed

A couple of days ago, newborn babies burned to death in the nursery of PIMS. Let that sentence sink in. These were not patients who died after a long...

01.09.2026 40

Pakistan Observer

Dr Ahmed Abdullah

The school that forgot to teach

WHEN I look at the schooling system in Pakistan today, I sometimes wonder whether we are educating children or simply keeping them busy until they...

25.08.2026 80

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Dr Ahmed Abdullah

Mental health, now

A man in Quetta kills himself and his family. An elderly husband kills his wife after years of sexual frustration. A lady doctor survives an acid...

12.06.2026 60

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Dr Ahmed Abdullah

Typhoid disaster we created ourselves

AS a family physician, I am increasingly confronted by a disturbing reality that should alarm every Pakistani. Children and adults are arriving in...

07.06.2026 50

Pakistan Observer

Dr Ahmed Abdullah

The republic of yes sir

IN Pakistan, merit is a beautiful thing. Like punctual government offices or smooth traffic on Murree Road, everyone talks about it, but sightings...

22.05.2026 50

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Dr Ahmed Abdullah

Brushing HIV/AIDS under the carpet

EVERY few years, HIV returns to the national conversation in Pakistan. There is outrage on television, emotional headlines, a few raids on clinics,...

13.05.2026 50

Pakistan Observer

Dr Ahmed Abdullah

Anxious by design

A day after petrol prices rose again, I parked my car at work and noticed the parking lot guard looking unusually distressed. I asked him what was...

08.04.2026 60

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Dr Ahmed Abdullah

Did the war kill climate change?

JUST as the world was beginning to understand the scale of climate change, the world seems to have turned back to war. Today, the planet is witnessing...

11.03.2026 80

Pakistan Observer

Dr Ahmed Abdullah

Ghareeb tabah de

I would like to begin with a disclaimer: I am not an expert, only a student of medicine and public health and for nearly two decades, I have observed...

04.03.2026 60

Pakistan Observer

Dr Ahmed Abdullah

The way we treat our children

01.02.2026 30

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Dr Ahmed Abdullah

Why death still shocks us

24.01.2026 50

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Dr Ahmed Abdullah

Pakistan’s prisons: deprived of reform

21.10.2025 70

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Dr Ahmed Abdullah

Vaccines, myths and our blind spots

30.09.2025 50

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Dr Ahmed Abdullah

Tyranny of love: When home becomes a cage

05.07.2025 50

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Dr Ahmed Abdullah

A physician’s plea for peace

18.06.2025 40

Pakistan Observer

Dr Ahmed Abdullah