All posts by Wajida Perveen

Dr. Wajida Perveen is a Physical Therapist from PAKISTAN with diverse experiences as academician, clinician and a researcher with professional experience in Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation. She is an eminent scholar and reviewer in many national and international peer reviewed journals and conferences. Within World Physiotherapy, she is an active member of subgroups and global communities of physiotherapy practice.

Earthquake in Pakistan

On the 20th Anniversary, a review of the impact of the 2005 earthquake on the physiotherapy profession in Pakistan. On 8 October 2005 an earthquake of magnitude 7.6 points on the Richter scale shook the hills and mountains of Azad Jammu and Kashmir in Pakistan. This devastating event was a

Physical Therapy in Pakistan:
50-Years to Recognition

In Pakistan the physical therapy profession underwent a gradual development, taking around 50 years to reach its current level of education and recognition. The initial steps occurred in 1956 at Jinnah Postgraduate Medical College, through a partnership between the Ministry of Health (MOH) and the World Health Organization (WHO), to

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