The crushing cost of compassion: How Pakistan’s private medical colleges are betraying a generation

The crushing cost of compassion: How Pakistan’s private medical colleges are betraying a generation

By: Areeba Fahad The flickering fluorescent lights of the private medical college admissions office illuminated not just brochures promising “world-class doctors,” but the deep lines of despair etched onto Muhammad Riaz’s face. His daughter, Ayesha, held an acceptance letter, her dream of becoming a physician realized. Yet, the paper felt like lead. The tuition: Rs. 225,000 per month. For five years. Totaling over Rs. 13.5 million, excluding hos…