The impacts of migration on the left-behind children in Pakistan are less explored. This research aims to contribute by separately examining the impacts of both internal and international migration of fathers on the ...
The potential risk that heavy metals cause during the early stages of childhood
development makes it a global health concern. Main aim of this study is to determine
the concentration of cadmium, chromium, nickel copper, ...
Aerosols cause a severe impact on the earth’s climate, human health, and ecosystem. By
understanding the variability of optical properties of aerosol, the impact of aerosols on the climate, human health, and ecosystem can ...
Rapid rise in the population, economic boom, urbanization, industrial growth, and changing socioeconomic conditions have caused an increase in the solid waste (SW) generation. Landfilling, composting, and incineration are ...
Climate change has badly affected many countries in the world and Pakistan is being listed among the top ten of those countries. Pakistan isfacing many adverse consequences due to climate change, which includes food security ...
Climate variation is among the prime aspects which has a significant effect on the biodiversity and ecological assemblages. The impact of climatic changes in the agricultural production is associated with temperature, ...
Rapid increase in the population, economic boom, urbanization, industrial growth, and changing socioeconomic conditions have caused an increase in the medical waste (MW) generation. MW disposal is a significant concern, ...
Pakistan is one of ten countries in the world which are likely to be strongly affected by climate change and face very serious food security issues. The variability in temperature and precipitation diversifies the geographical ...
Prevalent in both wastewater and drinking water, heavy metals pose a risk to human health and the environment. Adsorption, membrane, chemical, electric, and photocatalytic treatments could be used to remove these metals ...
This study explores the relationship between fear of unknown and panic buying behavior
in the context of COVID-19. Building on the protection-motivation theory (PMT), the study
extends the model by investigating ‘how’ ...
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 ...
The purpose of this study is to explore the impact of COVID-19 on the rural
livelihood of small-scale farmers. It identifies the factors which have affected them
the most and their strategies for adjusting to the shocks ...
This study examines the role that son preference plays in determining the desire for an additional child in Pakistan. It argues that the desire for an additional child is among other
factors largely determined by women’s ...
This study looked at the impact of rural vs urban residence on married women’s (aged 15-49) decision making power in Pakistani households, in the whole country and each of its provinces. By using multiple regression, the ...
In Pakistan, the phenomenon of dropout is observed at all educational levels, spread in all areas of the country. The rate of dropout however is the highest for secondary education (grade 9 & 10) in both urban and rural ...
This thesis aims to highlight the impact of women’s property rights on their empowerment and the potential benefits that can be gained through effective enforcement of property rights. It further investigates the moderating ...
The aim of this thesis is twofold. First, to understand the impact of external migration on labor market outcomes and physical investments (for adults) and human capital investments in children (nutritional health of ...
This thesis aims to establish the determinants of Pakistan’s long run GDP growth. Essays One, Two, and Three have focused on explaining the long run growth of output through its structural determinants in a General Equilibrium ...