Malik Ahmad Jalal

Malik Ahmad Jalal

  • The nursing gap

    Representational image of a nurse. — Unsplash/FileIn economics, ‘creative destruction’ means tearing down outdated systems to make way for...

  • The nursing gap

    The nursing gap

    Representational image of a nurse. — Unsplash/FileIn economics, ‘creative destruction’ means tearing down outdated systems to make way for...

  • Healthcare math

    Representational image of a nurse. — AFP/FilePakistan stands at the brink of a healthcare crisis. The warning signs are flashing – overwhelmed...

  • Healthcare math

    Healthcare math

    Representational image of a nurse. — AFP/FilePakistan stands at the brink of a healthcare crisis. The warning signs are flashing – overwhelmed...

  • Our healthcare workforce crisis

    Our healthcare workforce crisis

    A representational image shows relatives turning to a man treated at a hospital. — AFP/FileImagine a country where a woman dies every 50...

  • Our healthcare workforce crisis

    Our healthcare workforce crisis

    A representational image shows relatives turning to a man treated at a hospital. — AFP/FileImagine a country where a woman dies every 50 minutes...

  • Vision Pakistan 2047 ( Part – IV )

    Vision Pakistan 2047 ( Part – IV )

    Absence of economy charter creates economic lawlessness, hiding of wealth, and escapes to foreign jurisdictions

  • Becoming all-season partners: Part - II

    Becoming all-season partners: Part - II

    In global diplomacy, the dance of US-Pakistan relations has followed an erratic stop-and-go. As the US-Pakistan interplay becomes wilder and more...

  • Vision Pakistan2047; Part - III

    Vision Pakistan2047; Part - III

    Our exploration through the Pakistan2047 series shows that the starting point of any transformation is a grand vision. The second step is backing...

  • Vision Pakistan 2047: Part - II

    Vision Pakistan 2047: Part - II

    Containers and terminals can be seen at Karachi's port. — AFP/FileA compelling vision is the beginning of the transformation journey of a nation....

  • Vision Pakistan 2047

    Vision Pakistan 2047

    This photo shows a view of the Gwadar Sea Port in southwestern Balochistan. — AFP/FileMartin Luther King declared, “I have a dream”, not “I...

  • Becoming all-season partners

    During my graduate studies at the Harvard Kennedy School, three Chinese officials were on year-long fellowship at the university’s research...

  • Pindi needs the Chicago Boys

    The reform scorecard looks dismal. Thirty months into the PTI government, police, electoral or governance reforms are floundering. From convicting...

  • Prioritising merit

    All states are ruled by elites. Historically, pthe restige and power of ruling dynasties were tied to the success of their empires.Triumph in war,...

  • Making a super city

    The rise of empires and nations throughout history has followed the rise of their cities. The cities became cultural, economic, political and social...

  • Technocracy with democracy

    Our public-sector enterprises are bleeding cash at a rate of c Rs1.5 trillion a year. In the energy sector alone, we have lost Rs5.5...

  • Only the paranoid survive

    Andy Grove, founder of Intel, coined the fundamental management principle to navigate the exponential and unpredictable dynamics of the...

  • Women in a strong Pakistan

    I was fortunate to have grown up in a family where gender equality was not just a notion but a reality. My mother studied in Gordon College, one of...