“…Molecular markers of drug resistance against SP have been reported in a few studies on blood samples representing different Pakistan provinces except for the Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) in Pakistan 12,13 . In in vitro/in vivo investigations have revealed the artemisinin resistance along the Thailand-Cambodia border, in Vietnam, Myanmar and other Southeast Asian countries 14 but it is still an effective antimalarial drug in Pakistan 12,15 .…”