// Dr. Farrukh A. Chishtie Microplastics are fast becoming a dangerous public health threat. This comprehensive cover story provides essential information and action items to safeguard your health. Plastic is woven into daily life in Pakistan. It wraps our groceries, carries our drinking water, lines takeaway meals, covers schoolbooks, and shows up in the thin bags that drift along streets and waterways. We notice plastic when it blocks a drain, burns in a rubbish pile, or ga

// Dr. Mahjabeen Farooqui Across Pakistan and South Asia, the desire for rapid weight loss has led to a growing reliance on over-the-counter weight loss supplements, herbal mixtures, imported slimming pills, and social-media-promoted “fat burners.” What are the hidden dangers and how can we find safe ways to reduce fat? Fat loss products are often marketed as natural, safe, and effortless alternatives to exercise and dietary change. However, from a public health perspective,