In the last five years (2002-2007) under the directions of the Higher Education Commission, Islamabad, a process of transforming Universities within Pakistan into research oriented Universities has been initiated. What ...

World agriculture is changing fast under the new rules of the game, with the WTO agreement on agriculture. The present study is designed to critically analyze the impacts of trade liberalization on agriculture, food ...

Most mainstream research in social science is dominated by positivist methodologies such as regression analysis and pays little attention to the larger philosophical considerations of knowledge, thus denying any space ...

Pakistan is an urbanized society, spatially and materially. Urban modes of living have spread. Globalization is further accelerating the urbanization of the society. While the society is being strung into the urban modes ...

There is a longstanding tradition of philanthropy and charity in Muslim societies which is grounded in religion. As part of their religious duty Muslims are required to give a proportion of their income to provide for ...

The 7.6 magnitude shallow focus earthquake of October 8, 2005, with an epicenter few km NNE of Muzaffarabad, Kashmir, changed the lives and perceptions of the affected millions as well as of those not so affected. This ...

There is widespread concern that the current pattern of globalization does not adequately support major social goals such as employment and social protection. The World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization, ...

A traditional Islamic education develops an Islamic outlook to life but does not prepare the student assimilate developments over the past three or four centuries, in particular Western knowledge. A modern Western education ...

The purpose of this study is to determine if African stock markets have contributed to a better allocation of savings and economic growth in the countries in question. Our results reveal a strong and significant relationship ...

This study examines the impact of analysts’ recommendations on stock prices listed on the Karachi Stock Exchange for the period 2006–12. The recommendations are extracted from the daily Morning Shout report published by ...