Nishtar S, Bile KM. The public-private niche in health — opportunities for the Friends of Democratic Pakistan. J Pak Med Assoc 2010; 60(5):333-4.

Nishtar S. Scaling up Financing for Health. Lancet 2010;375:983

Nishtar S. Choked Pipes — Reforming Pakistan’s Mixed Health System (invited editorial). J Pak Med Assoc 2010;60(4):252-3

Nishtar S. Mixed Health Systems Syndrome. Bull World Health Organ 2010;88:74-75. doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.067868

Nishtar S. Pakistan, Politics and Polio. Bull World Health Organ 2010. 10.2471/ BLT.09.066480

Nishtar S. Amjad S. Synergizing health and population in Pakistan. J Pak Med Asoc 2009;Suppl3:S3-20

Nishtar S. Amjad S. Pakistan’s Health Population Mantra. J Pak Med Asoc 2009;Suppl3:S1-2

Atun R, Dybul M, Evans T, Kim JY, Moatti JP, Nishtar S, Russell A. Venice Statement on global health initiatives and health systems. Lancet 2009; 374(9692): 783-4

Lagomarsino G, de Ferranti D, Pablos-Mendez A, Nachuk S, Nishtar S, Wibulpolprasert S. Public stewardship of mixed health systems. Lancet 2009 Nov 7;374(9701): 1577-8

World Health Organization Maximizing Positive Synergies Collaborative Group, Samb B, Evans T, Dybul M, Atun R, Moatti JP, Nishtar S, Wright A, Celletti F, Hsu J, Kim JY, Brugha R, Russell A, Etienne C. An assessment of interactions between global health initiatives and country health systems. Lancet 2009;20(373):2137-69

Nishtar S. How important are health systems in the prevention of cardiovascular and other non-communicable diseases? Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med. 2009;6(3):170-1

Nishtar S. Pablos-Mendez A. The Global Financial downturn—imperatives for the health sector. Lancet 2009;373:124.

Evans T, Nishtar S, Atun R, Etienne C. Scaling up research and learning for health systems: time to act. Lancet 2008;372(9649):1529-31.

Siddiqui S, Masud TI, Nishtar S, Peters DH, Sabri B, Bile KM, Jama MA. Framework for assessing governance of the health system in developing countries: Gateway to good governance. Health Policy 2008 [Epub ahead of print]

Rizvi N, Nishtar S. Pakistan's health policy: appropriateness and relevance to women's health needs. Health Policy. 2008 May 12. [Epub ahead of print]

Nishtar S. Politics of health systems: WHO's new frontier. Lancet. 2007 Sep 15;370(9591):935-6.

Nishtar S. The WHO Director General election finale. Lancet 2007;369(9557):185

Nishtar S. Community health promotion--a step further. Promot Educ. 2007;14(2):61-2, 109-10, 124-5.

Ronis KA, Nishtar S. Community health promotion in Pakistan: a policy development perspective. Promot Educ. 2007;14(2):98-9.

Nishtar S. Health reforms in Pakistan--configuring health beyond the health sector. J Pak Med Assoc. 2006 Dec;56(12 Suppl 4):S120-35.

Nishtar S. Evidence from research and its implications for health reforms in Pakistan: the Gateway Paper perspective. J Pak Med Assoc. 2006 Dec;56(12 Suppl 4):S112-9.

Nishtar S. Pharmaceuticals--strategic considerations in health reforms in Pakistan. J Pak Med Assoc. 2006 Dec;56(12 Suppl 4):S100-11.

Nishtar S. Human resource solutions--the Gateway Paper proposed health reforms in Pakistan. J Pak Med Assoc. 2006 Dec;56(12 Suppl 4):S94-9.

Nishtar S. The Gateway Paper--proposed health reforms in Pakistan--interface considerations. J Pak Med Assoc. 2006 Dec;56(12 Suppl 4):S78-93.

Nishtar S. The Gateway Paper--health service delivery outside of the public sector in Pakistan. J Pak Med Assoc. 2006 Dec;56(12 Suppl 4):S66-77.

Nishtar S. The Gateway Paper--preventive and promotive programs in Pakistan and health reforms in Pakistan. J Pak Med Assoc. 2006 Dec;56(12 Suppl 4):S51-65.

Nishtar S. The Gateway Paper--public sector service delivery infrastructure and health reforms in Pakistan. J Pak Med Assoc. 2006 Dec;56(12 Suppl 4):S43-50.

Nishtar S. The Gateway Paper--financing health in Pakistan and its linkage with health reforms. J Pak Med Assoc. 2006 Dec;56(12 Suppl 4):S25-42.

Nishtar S. The Gateway Paper--stewardship and governance in the health sector in Pakistan. J Pak Med Assoc. 2006 Dec;56(12 Suppl 4):S14-24.

Nishtar S. The Gateway Paper--context and configuration of the proposed health reforms in Pakistan. J Pak Med Assoc. 2006 Dec;56(12 Suppl 4):S2-13.

Nishtar S, Perry M, Lammare MC, Ritchie J. Global Consortium on Community Health Promotion. Promotion and Education 2006;XIII(1):7-8. 

Nishtar S. Pakistan: potential to achieve universal coverage for health. Attaining Universal Health Coverage – A research initiative to support evidence-based advocacy and policy-making. EGEA 2010.

Nishtar S. Choked Pipes: Reforming Pakistan’s Health System. Oxford University Press, 2010 ISBN: 978-0-19-547969-0

Nishtar S. Health Indicators of Pakistan. Gateway Paper II. Heartfile, Pakistan’s Health Policy Forum, Federal Bureau of Statistics and Ministry of Health; 2006

Nishtar S. The Gateway Paper: Reforming Health Systems in Pakistan – a Strategic View. Heartfile and Pakistan’s Health Policy Forum; 2005

Nishtar S. The National Action Plan for Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases and Health Promotion in Pakistan. Heartfile 2004

Nishtar S. Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease in South Asia. Heartfile and SAARC Cardiac Society. ISBN 969-8651-00-4. Islamabad, Pakistan

Nishtar S. Public-Private Partnerships in the health sector – a call to action. The  Commonwealth Health Ministers Book; 2007

Nishtar S. Health chapter. Vision 2030 of the Planning Commission of Pakistan

Nishtar S. Health section. National Commission for Government Reform. 2007

Population denominator, The News International; Saturday, July 10, 2010

The budget’s ‘social footprint’, The News International; Saturday, July 3, 2010

The problem with BISP health insurance, The News International; Saturday, June 19, 2010

Politics of health reform - Part 3, The News International; Monday, June 7, 2010

Politics of health reform - Part 2, The News International; Saturday, May 29, 2010

Politics of health reform - Part 1, The News International; Saturday, May 22, 2010

The healthcare bill 2009, The News International; Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Budget 2009-10 and the health sector, The News International; Monday, July 06, 2009

Financial crisis, social unrest and reform, The News International; Monday, January 05, 2009

Global crises—imperatives for a just social order, The News International; Sunday, December 14, 2008

A new war - against polio, The News International; Thursday, October 23, 2008

National trade policy 2008/09 – the trade-health interface, The News International; Saturday, August 09, 2008

Health Policy – chinks in the armor, The News International; Monday, July 14, 2008

Financing health insurance, The News International; Saturday, June 28, 2008

Budget – five points under the health lens, The News International; Saturday, June 21, 2008

Disease Diplomacy, The News International; Sunday, July 01, 2007

Health and the budget 2007 - How "healthy" is our budget? The News International; Sunday, June 10, 2007

What is the role of the state in health? The News International; Sunday, February 25, 2007

Social Policy Reform – raison d etre, The News International; Sunday, Jan-Feb 2007

A new paradigm for regulating drugs and pharmaceuticals, The News International; Sunday, January 07, 2007

Dengue and its likes – long term context, The News International; Sunday, November 05, 2006

Opening the insurance market – the health perspective, The News International; Sunday, October 01, 2006

“Playing” Social Protection with a new stack of cards! Blue Chip; September 2006

Health in Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC), The News International; Sunday, September 10, 2006

Tools for treatment - Scope for using technology in reforming and improving the health sector is immense, The News International; Sunday, August 27, 2006

Rahim Yar Khan' health initiative – revisited, The News International; Sunday, August 06, 2006

‘Playing health’ with a new stack of cards, The News International; Sunday, July 02, 2006

Budget 2006-07 – an ode to health, Blue Chip; June 2006

The Health Budget 2006 – the policy context, The News International; Sunday, June 04, 2006

Social Health Insurance in NWFP – the steps ahead, The News International; Sunday, April 30, 2006

Primary safeguards, The News International; Sunday, April 23, 2006

Civil Service Reforms – the move from hype-to-hope, The News International; Sunday, April 09, 2006

The Gateway Paper – towards a health systems reform, The News International; Sunday, March 19, 2006

The penchant for provinces, The News International; Saturday, May 08, 2010

Parliamentary empirics, The News International; Saturday, April 24, 2010

Sanitising the constitution, The News International; Friday, April 09, 2010

On national security policy, The News International; Saturday, April 03, 2010

National Health Policy 2010, The News International; Monday, March 22, 2010

The data-collection challenge, The News International; Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Women through the governance lens, The News International; Monday, March 08, 2010

Civil service reform revisited, The News International; Saturday, February 27, 2010

Separation of powers, The News International; Saturday, February 20, 2010

The taxonomy within FoDP, The News International; Saturday, February 13, 2010

A poor man's woes, The News International; Saturday, February 6, 2010

2010 — grand challenges, The News International; Monday, January 11, 2010

Beyond the NFC Award, The News International; Thursday, December 31, 2009

Road to anti-corruption reform, The News International; Saturday, December 19, 2009

The federation and provincial autonomy, The News International; Saturday, December 12, 2009

Amending Constitution, The News International; Saturday, November 28, 2009

The way forward—post NRO, The News International; Saturday, November 7, 2009

Merging ministries? The News International; Saturday, October 31, 2009

Aid empirics, The News International; Thursday, October 22, 2009

Freedom of information—oxygen of democracy, The News International; Monday, October 12, 2009

Is aid the answer? The News International; Monday, September 28, 2009

Constitutional amendments, The News International; Saturday, September 19, 2009

Governance − Through the sugar-crisis lens, The News International; Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Nuancing national security, The News International; Saturday, August 22, 2009

Anti-corruption reform, The News International; Saturday, August 15, 2009

Devolution reform, The News International; Saturday, August 08, 2009

Judicialisation of rights, The News International; Saturday, July 25, 2009

The IDP-governance link, The News International; Thursday, July 16, 2009

Equity, social justice and the social sector, The News International; Monday, June 22, 2009

Institutionalizing Accountability? The News International; Monday, May 25, 2009

A Marshall Plan? The News International; Tuesday, April 28, 2009

The white paper and the question of aid effectiveness, The News International; Saturday, April 11, 2009

The fight against spurious drugs, The News International; Saturday, February 14, 2009

Restructuring and reforming NAB, The News International; Tuesday, January 27, 2009

NAB and related governance issues, The News International; Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Democracy and governance – upstream determinants, The News International; Monday, September 08, 2008

Independence Day – an ode to governance, The News International; Sunday, August 17, 2008

Governance empirics, The News International; Sunday, August 03, 2008

Pakistan’s Covert Cartels, The News International; Thursday, May 22, 2008

Honing the 100-day agenda, The News International; Sunday, April 06, 2008

Anti-corruption reform – strategic imperatives, The News International; Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Political party manifestos – a sectoral insight, The News International; Saturday, February 16, 2008

The Social Sector – telling evidence, The News International; Wednesday, January 30, 2008

The new government's option, Blue Chip; Nov-Dec 2007

Corruption: the need-greed equation, The News International; Sunday, December 09, 2007

Does corruption lurk in the health sector of Pakistan? The News International; Sunday, August 05, 2007

Nishtar S. Time for a global partnership on Non-Communicable Diseases. Lancet 2007;370(9603):1887-8.

Nishtar S. Public-private 'partnerships' in health - a global call to action. Health Res Policy Syst. 2004 Jul 28;2(1):5.

Nishtar S. Public-private partnerships – a call to action. Book Chapter: In: Commonwealth Health Minister’ Book: 2007

The forthcoming budget and the public-private mantra, The News International; Thursday, June 11, 2009

The public-private interface: more than ‘a driver of economic growth’, The News International; Sunday, May 28, 2006

Nishtar S. How important are health systems in the prevention of cardiovascular and other non-communicable diseases? Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med. 2009;6(3):170-1

Nishtar S. Integrating a new public health order. Lancet 2007;370(9603):1901.

Nishtar S. Time for a global partnership on Non-Communicable Diseases. Lancet 2007;370(9603):1887-8.

Nishtar S, Voute J. Women and Heart Disease: time for change. Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med 2007;4(5):231

Nishtar S. Lessons in tackling chronic disease. BMJ 2006;333(7573)820.

Nishtar S. Improving heart health in Europe. Circulation 2006;113(4):f16

Azad N. Nishtar S. A call for a gender specific approach to address the world-wide cardiovascular disease burden. Prevention and Control 2005;1:223-7.

Voûte J, Nishtar S, Grizeau-Clemens D. World Heart Day 2000-2004 – A day that builds awareness and capacity. Prevention and Control, 2005, 1:17-19.

Nishtar S. The SAARC Seven – regional cooperation for sustainable health outcomes. BMJ 2004. BMJ 2004;328:837.

Jabbour S, Nishtar S, Prabhakaran D, Chockalingham A, Achiutti A, Agrawal A, Luna M, Garofalo F, Wielgosz A. Information and communication technology in cardiovascular disease prevention in developing countries: Hype and Hope. Int J Cardiol. 2003 Dec; 92(2-3): 105-11.

Bayes de Luna A, Tse TF, de Figueiredo MB, Maranhao M, Voute J, Nishtar S, Fuster V, Poole-Wilson P; World Heart Federation. World Heart Day: a World Heart Federation enterprise promoting the prevention of heart disease and stroke across the world. Circulation. 2003 Sep 2;108(9):1038-40.

Nishtar S. Coronary Heart Disease Prevention in South Asia. Lancet 2002; 360: 1015-18.

Alam AY, Iqbal A, Mohamud KB, Laporte RE, Ahmed A, Nishtar S. Investigating socio-economic-demographic determinants of tobacco use in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. BMC Public Health 2008;8(1):50

Nishtar S, Shera S. Diabetes prevention and control as part of the integrated Non-Communicable Disease strategy: the Pakistan approach. Practical Diabetes int 2006;23(8):1-3.

Nishtar S, Lateef E. Tobacco Control – an integral component of the National Action Plan for Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases and Health Promotion in Pakistan. Prevention and Control. Vol2, Issue 2, Pages 95-102 (June 2006)

Nishtar S, Bile KM, Ahmed A, Faruqui AMA, Mirza Z, Shera S, et al. Process, rationale, and interventions of Pakistan’s National Action Plan on Chronic Diseases. Prev Chronic Dis. 2006 Jan;3(1):A14. Epub 2005 Dec 15.

Nishtar S, Bile KM, Ahmed A, Amjad S, Iqbal A. Integrated population-based surveillance of Non-Communicable Diseases the Pakistan model. Am J Prev Med. 2005 Dec;29(5 Suppl 1):102-6.

Nishtar S, Minhas FA, Ahmed A, Badar A, Mohamud KB. Prevention and control of mental illnesses and mental health: National Action Plan for NCD Prevention, Control and Health Promotion in Pakistan. J Pak Med Assoc. 2004;54(12 Suppl 3):S69-77.

Nishtar S, Mohamud KB, Razzak J, Ghaffar A, Ahmed A, Khan SA, Mirza YA. Injury prevention and control: National Action Plan for NCD Prevention, Control and Health Promotion in Pakistan. J Pak Med Assoc. 2004;54(12 Suppl 3):S57-68.

Nishtar S, Ahmed A, Bhurgri Y, Mohamud KB, Zoka N, Sultan F, Jafarey NA. Prevention and control of cancers: National Action Plan for NCD Prevention, Control and Health Promotion in Pakistan. J Pak Med Assoc. 2004;54(12 Suppl 3):S45-56.

Nishtar S, Ahmed A, Kazi Y, Khan A, Mohamud KB. Prevention and control of chronic chest diseases: National Action Plan for Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases and Health Promotion in Pakistan. J Pak Med Assoc. 2004;54(12 Suppl 3):S42-4.

Nishtar S, Mirza Z, Mohamud KB, Latif E, Ahmed A, Jafarey NA. Tobacco control: National Action Plan for Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases and Health Promotion in Pakistan. J Pak Med Assoc. 2004;54(12 Suppl 3):S31-41.

Nishtar S, Shera S, Rafique G, Mohamud KB, Ahmed A. Diabetes prevention and control: National Action Plan for Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases and Health Promotion in Pakistan. J Pak Med Assoc. 2004;54(12 Suppl 3):S26-30.

Nishtar S, Faruqui AM, Mattu MA, Mohamud KB, Ahmed A. National Action Plan for Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases and Health Promotion in Pakistan - Cardiovascular diseases. J Pak Med Assoc. 2004;54(12 Suppl 3):S14-25.

Nishtar S. National Action Plan for Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases and Health Promotion in Pakistan--Common action area. J Pak Med Assoc. 2004;54(12 Suppl 3):S9-13.

Nishtar S. National Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases and Health Promotion in Pakistan--Prelude and finale. J Pak Med Assoc. 2004;54(12 Suppl 3):S1-8.

Nishtar S. Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases in Pakistan: an integrated partnership-based model. Health Res Policy Syst. 2004 Sep 13;2(1):7.

Wierzbicki AS, Nishtar S, Lumb PJ, Lambert-Hammill M, Crook MA, Marber MS, Gill J. Insulin resistance phenotypes and coronary artery disease in a native Pakistani cohort. Int J Clin Pract 2008;62(5):701-7. Epub 2008 Mar 12.

Wierzbicki AS, Nishtar S, Lumb PJ, Lambert-Hammill M, Crook MA, Marber MS, Gill J. Waist circumference, metabolic syndrome and coronary artery disease in a Pakistani cohort. Int J Cardiol 2008;128(1):77-82. Epub 2007 Aug 8.

AS Wierzbicki, S Nishtar, P J Lumb, M Lambert-Hammill, C N Turner, MA Crook, M S Marber, Gill JS. Metabolic syndrome and risk of coronary heart disease in a Pakistani population. Heart 2005;91:1003–1007.

AS Wierzbicki, S Nishtar, P J Lumb, M Lambert-Hammill, C N Turner, M ACrook, M S Marber, Gill JS. Impaired renal function and atherosclerosis in a Pakistani cohort. Curr med Res Opin 21(8); 2005: 1201–1207.

Nishtar S, Wierzbicki AS, Lumb P, Hammill ML, Turner CN, Cook MA, et al. Low HDL and waist hip ratio predict the risk of coronary artery disease in Pakistanis. Curr med Res Opin 2004: 20(1): 55-64.

Nishtar S, Gill JS, Wierzbicki AS. Smoking exposure in patients with and without angiographically coronary heart disease in a Pakistani population. J Am Coll Cardiol 2002; 39(9) Suppl B: 460B-461B.

Abegunde DO, Shengelia B, Luyten A, Cameron A, Celletti F, Nishtar S, Pandurangi V, Mendis S. Can non-physician health-care workers assess and manage cardiovascular risk in primary care? Bull World Health Organ 2007;85(6):432-40.

Nishtar S, Badar A, Umer K M, Iqbal A, Bajwa R, Mirza Y A. The Heartfile Lodhran CVD prevention project - end of project evaluation. Promotion and Education 2007;XIV(1):17-27. 

Nishtar S. Heartfile’s Contribution to Health Systems Strengthening in Pakistan. Eastern Mediterranean Journal 2006; 12(2)S38-S53.

Nishtar S, Zoka N, Nishtar S. S, Khan Y, Jehan S, Mirza Y. A. Poster as tool for disseminating health related information in a developing country: a pilot experience. JPMA 2004

Nishtar S , Mirza YA, Jehan S, Hadi Y, Badar A, Yusuf S, Shahab S. Newspaper articles as a tool for cardiovascular prevention programs in a developing country. J Health Commun. 2004 Jul-Aug;9(4):355-69.

Nishtar S. Cardiovascular disease prevention in low-resource settings: lessons from the
Heartfile experience in Pakistan. Ethnicity and Disease 2003; 13(S2): S2/138-148.

Nishtar S. Shahab S. Cost and sustainability of long terms therapy of coronary artery disease in low-income countries. Japanese Journal of Cardiovascular Disease prevention 2001:36 suppl 1:171

Nishtar S. Customized guidelines for cardiovascular disease prevention and management in South Asia.  Japanese Journal of Cardiovascular Disease prevention 2001:36 suppl 1:50.

Nishtar S. Shahab S, Gill JS. Preventive cardiac care targeting women in Pakistan: an unfinished agenda. Can Jour Cardiol 2000:16 B: 65-6.

Nishtar S. Peripartum cardiomyopthy: an overview. Pakistan Heart Journal 2000; 11(1):34-8.

Nishtar S. Women in South Asia: a long way from basic cardiovascular care. Indian Heart Journal 2000; 56(2):706 (Abstract).

Nishtar S. Echocardiographic identification of clinically silent lesions in SLE. Indian Heart Journal 2000; 56(2):781 (Abstract)

Nishtar S. Inferior wall artifacts in Pakistanis: the central obesity effect: Supplement to the American Journal Nuclear Cardiology, Jan-Feb 1999 Issue.

Nishtar S. The role of vitamins in coronary artery disease. Pak J Cardiol 1999:10(1) 5-7.

Nishtar S, Khan IS, Shahab S. Diagnostic accuracy of spect scanning in the diagnosis of ischaemic heart disease using coronary angiography as a gold standard: A PIMS experience. Pak J Cardiol 1998: 9(4): 83-7.

Nishtar S. Lipid levels in Pakistanis overseas: lessons learnt. (Editorial). Pak J Cardiol 1998:9(4): 1.

Nishtar S, Zafar J. Hypothyroid cardiomyopathy: a case report. Pak Heart Jour 1998; 31(3-4): 62-5.

Nishtar S, Mattu MA. Linked angina (Editorial). Pak J Cardiol 1998; 9(1-2):1.

Nishtar S, Mattu MA, Khan IS. Frequency of left anterior descending artery disease occurrence: A PIMS experience. Pak Heart Jour 1998; 31(3-4) 40-4.

Nishtar S, Mattu MA. Review Article: Cardiac valvular involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus. Pak J Cardiol 1997;8(3,4): 66-8.

Nishtar S, Khan IS, Mattu MA, Saleem M. Surviving ventricular rupture. PIMS Jour Surg 1997; 13:72-3.

Nishtar S, Thrombogenicity of anticoagulants. Pak J Cardiol 1993:10(1): 3.

Nishtar S. National Action Plan for Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases and Health Promotion in Pakistan. Heartfile 2004.

Nishtar S. Coronary Heart Disease Prevention in South Asia; SAARC Cardiac Society. ISBN: 969-8651-00-4, Islamabad, Pakistan. 2002