Abstract :
Despite the fact that there is no dearth of talent
in Pakistan, our contributions to medical literature
and research is very negligible as compared to
other Muslim countries like Islamic Republic of
Iran, Turkey and even Saudi Arabia. Even our
neighboring countries like India and Bangladesh
have made tremendous progress during the last
two decades but our performance in this field
leaves much to be desired. If a critical analysis is
made, it will reveal that politicizing of the medial
institutions, disregard for merit while making
appointments for the heads of various institutions,
extensions in service to those with close contact
with corrupt politicians and bureaucrats, lack of
any faculty development programme, too much
political interference in running and managing
the medial institutions in the public sector are
some of the reasons for this sad state of affairs. As
regards the private sector, they are in business, their
first priority is to make money hence most of the
institutions in the private sector are least interested
in research.
