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Everyone in Pakistan knows someone who's affected by type 2 diabetes.
My elder brother has been into diabetes from about two to three years.
My husband had diabetes.
My father was diabetic.
My father's elder brother was diabetic.
And because my father was diabetic, so I am at risk.
After six months, I must go to a physician, which I don't do.
Whenever I take lectures, I always make a question, then,
please raise your hand if somebody has no diabetic in their family or their home.
And unfortunately, in these days, I don't see one hand.
Diabetes is now at epidemic proportions across this huge country.
What can be done to stem or reverse the tide?
This is the documentary, Diabetes in Pakistan,
A Nation's Struggle, from the BBC World Service.
Hi, I'm Lubna Kher.
I'm a British Pakistani pharmacist and also an actor, writer and comedian.
My mum and brother both are type 2 diabetes.
And as a pharmacist, I've worked in the sector for nearly 20 years.
seeing at first hand the impact the disease can have on individuals and families.