Published on, Sept. 28 -- September 27, 2025 11:54 PM

For decades, Pakistan has struggled under the weight of inefficient state-owned enterprises and overstretched public services. Schools with missing teachers, hospitals short of medicines, airports that barely function, and a railway system running perpetual losses. It does not have to be this way. Around the world, governments have discovered a middle path between full privatisation and bloated bureaucracy, the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model. This approach allows states to retain ownership and oversight while private operators bring efficiency, investment, and innovation.

Turkey's city hospitals, developed through PPP, have attracted billions in investment and dramatically ra...