Lahore, Pakistan – Urbanization challenges and opportunities

Islamic Project Financing in Pakistan: Current Challenges and Opportunities Ahead

This study is related to an Islamic project financing with a major focus on investigating the role of Islamic finance in financing infrastructural development projects (toll roads, power plants, airports, and plants, as well as natural resource exploitation projects, such as hydroelectric dams, mining projects, oil and gas assets, and paper mills), especially in the context of Pakistan. Infrast...

Celiac disease in Pakistan: challenges and opportunities.

Celiac disease is a permanent intolerance to gluten (a protein present in wheat, rye and barley), which causes damage to the small intestinal mucosa by an autoimmune mechanism in genetically susceptible individuals. The villous atrophy that ensues can lead to malabsorption of a variety of macro and micronutrients including iron, calcium, folate and fat soluble vitamins. 1 Celiac disease was tho...

Active ageing in Pakistan: challenges and opportunities.

The increasing number of ageing population is a signpost for re-directing the resources to ensure quality of life for elderly thus promoting active ageing. However, the challenges to achieve the goal outweigh the opportunities due to scarcity of resources. Several factors including, brain drain, poverty, lack of knowledge of elderly to protect their rights in association with poor state laws de...

Islam; Challenges and Opportunities

Undoubtedly Islamic Revolution of Iran has been the source of Islamic awakening in the middle-east. Therefore Islamic Republic of Iran plays the role of an example and a director of political developments in the region. Islamic awakening in Arab countries has been able to question the dominant discourse of dictators in the middle-east region and topple their regimes. These developments include ...

Indigenous Urbanization in Amazonia: Interpretive Challenges and Opportunities