The writer is a psychiatrist, author of Love and Revolution: Faiz Ahmed Faiz and a Trustee of the Faiz Foundation Trust. He can be reached at ahashmi39@gmail.com and tweets @Ali_Madeeh
Faiz talked about religion and society with the same conviction with which he fought for civil liberties
Faiz’s views on religion have been a matter of interest to his admirers and sceptics alike
Our Covid-19 experience also showed us how, despite all its shortcomings, Pakistan’s public hospital system (such as it is) is the best...
Covid has not broken our healthcare system. It has simply exposed how broken the system was
Technology is giving us wonderful new treatments for illnesses but I have maintained a healthy scepticism for medical interventions having seen...
Nothing demoralises doctors and hospital workers more than to see one of the own struggling for their life. The way this Covid surge was going, we...
Dealing with illness and death on this level cannot but affect the efficiency of healthcare workers as well as their mental health
Where should a person turn if he needs help for stress, anxiety or depression? Is there any way to differentiate reliable and qualified therapists...
As Covid-19 appears to have receded a bit, most of us have rushed to put it out of our minds choosing to ignore the threat that still exists
We must now begin to think in a fundamentally different way about how we live and work
