The definition and criteria for productive and meaningful economic and social participation is changing as a transformative impact of digital proliferation. This mandates development of multiple transversal literacies or ...

Water is an essential and dynamic resource. When it comes to equitable provision of safe drinking water, governments must protect individuals’ right to such water through implementable legal mechanisms and legal protection. ...

This study investigated the impact of 24 character strengths as operationalized by “Values in Action Inventory of Strengths (VIA)” on academic achievement based on a sample of 200 undergraduate students from Islamabad, ...

The aim of this research is to find out the determinants of employment of ever-married women in Pakistan and to see the moderating effect of ICT, using the Demographic and Health Survey of Pakistan, 2017-18. The determinants ...

The historic exclusion of women from the political arena is a result of the various structural, functional and personal factors that vary in different social contexts across countries. A common underlying dynamic is that ...

Human displacements, even development-induced, tend to decrease the well-being of the displaced households by making them more vulnerable to poverty. The evidence in this context primarily pertains to economic impacts of ...

I am grateful to my thesis supervisor, Dr. Ahmad Nawaz, without whose direction and assistance this would have been impossible. His support and encouragement has been constant throughout my thesis and I remain in awe of ...

By 2025 the water-stressed regions across the globe will be housing two thirds of the world’s population. (UNEP, 2000). To cater to the needs of this ever-increasing population there is an additional burden on the countries ...

The purpose of this thesis was to examine the perceptions of the 3 key stakeholders involved in higher education and employability –university faculty, employers, and employees. Using semi structured interviews, this ...

The aim and purpose of this study is to find out and assess the impact and perceptions of microfinance loans in Pakistan. While there have been various studies in the past on the impact of microfinance loans in Pakistan, ...