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Ali Burhan Mustafa

Ali Burhan Mustafa

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Fighting addiction

THE illicit global drug market, which is valued over $400 billion, is second only to the counterfeit products market in terms of the world’s main...

18.04.2024 100

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No peace of mind

DOMESTIC violence in Pakistan is widespread and indicative of deep gender inequalities and socioeconomic instabilities that are, in turn, exacerbated...

12.03.2024 200

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Preventing suicide

IN a significant stride towards mental health reform, Pakistan decriminalised attempted suicide (later challenged in the Federal Sharia Court) by...

13.02.2024 80

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Autism care

A MOTHER, visibly upset, sought my advice regarding her son’s teachers recommending his enrolment in a Special Education School. The school did not...

15.01.2024 100

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Unjustified stigma

PAKISTAN is grappling with the stigma surrounding mental health. A social fabric steeped in tradition often finds itself at odds with the critical...

26.12.2023 100

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Entrenched abuse

IN the shadow of Zainab Ansari’s tragic case in 2018, the 2020 conviction of Sohail Ayaz for child sexual abuse casts a spotlight on the epidemic of...

09.12.2023 70

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Mental health and justice

FORENSIC psychiatry, the nexus between psychology and law, has undergone a transformation within Pakistan’s judicial system. Arising from the...

04.11.2023 60

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