The healthcare system of Pakistan is silently in a state of crisis, which is an under-supported and under-valued nursing workforce. The system is perilously doctor-centric, with only 5.2 nurses per 10 000 people and a ratio of nurses to doctors of only 0.4. Thousands of nurses quit their jobs because of low wages, high workloads, and opportunities, leaving hospitals with no choice but to employ underqualified workers. Although the stigma attached to the profession is slowly disappearing-which has attracted more men into the profession-lack of nurses in leadership and decision making positions has continued to hamper progress. The world market is experiencing a surge in demand of nurses. The world is going to experience a lack of more than 4 million nurses by the year 2030. Nations such as Qatar and the UAE already rely on foreign nurses to do more than 98 percent of their jobs. Pakistan has meanwhile made little headway. Although the number of nurses registering overseas is expected to increase by 33 percent yearly between 2014 and 2024, the proportion of nurses among highly qualified emigrants remains low at 5.8 percent. One of the reasons is the broken nursing education system i
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