Pakistan's Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) used World Liver Day on Sunday to raise alarm over the country's worsening hepatitis burden, warning that Pakistan carries the highest number of hepatitis C cases globally, with an estimated 9.8 to 10 million people infected. Overall, between 13.8 and 15 million Pakistanis are believed to be living with hepatitis B or C, yet only 25–30 percent of those infected are aware of their status, leaving a vast majority undiagnosed and untreated. The PMA called on the government to expand diagnostic infrastructure and urged citizens to adopt preventive habits, as complications from these viruses — including liver cirrhosis and liver cancer — claim roughly 37,000 lives in Pakistan each year.