Curriculum Reform Implementation

Aligning Pakistan's Pharm.D with global standards is projected to grant pharmacists greater legal authority and raise the profession's public standing. Reformed curriculum is expected to shift pharmacists' role from dispensing to clinical care, reduce physician burden, and contribute to economic growth. Curriculum revision committees are absent in approximately 50% of Pakistan's pharmacy institutions. Curriculum reform requires a coordinated, multi-stakeholder approach involving academia, pharmaceutical industry, public and private sectors, and regulatory bodies. Bureaucratic obstacles, including slow decision-making and institutional resistance from HEC and PCP, impede curriculum reform progress. Subject-based rivalries between discipline-specific experts actively obstruct the interdisciplinary approach needed for reform.