Pakistan began the year with an energized opposition that directly challenged military establishment, but as progressed, alliance fell apart under strain of internal divisions. The establishment pushed back against ruling PTI and regained control political system. Religious extremists were emboldened posed a challenge to both civilian centers power. economy rebounded from collapse 2020, continu...

Nine poppy-head addicts were seen at a Birmingham hospital. Seven were Sikhs born in Jullundur and two were West Pakistanis. Most began their poppy-head addiction in their early 20s, usually out of curiosity or to relieve the hangover effects of alcohol. Only two took opium in addition and one of these had taken cannabis, morphine, and heroin. They all drank several pints of beer a day and were...

Terrorist attacks are known to influence public opinion. But do they also change behaviour? We address this question by comparing the results of two identical randomized field experiments on ethnic discrimination in hiring that we conducted in Oslo. The first experiment was conducted before the 2011 terrorist attacks in Norway; the second experiment was conducted after the attacks. In both expe...

Comprehensive soft tissue analysis is an important component of cephalometric analysis. The purpose of this study was to evaluate soft tissue profile of Pakistani adults with Class I occlusion. It was a prospective cross-sectional study, carried out at the Department of Orthodontics, de,Montmorency Institute of Dental Sciences/Punjab Dental Hospital, Lahore. Standardized lateral cephalometric r...

Abstract This commentary offers a glimpse into the complex landscape of climate‐induced migration in rural Pakistan. By shedding light on interplay between gradual ecological shifts and rapid climate shocks, it exposes misalignment policies mobility strategies marginalized communities. The vulnerabilities Pakistanis facing like 2022 floods, are rooted historical mismanagement land water commons...

OBJECTIVE To compare outcome after infarction in South Asian patients, comprising Indians, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis and individuals of East African origin, in Birmingham with that in white patients in the same city. DESIGN A prospective case-control study. SETTING Three large district general hospitals. PATIENTS 102 South Asian patients discharged from hospital after an acute myocardial i...

Purpose This study aims to investigate how British Pakistani people talk about their social identity, in the context of mental health, and this shapes experiences perceptions care delivered by National Health Service, UK. Design/methodology/approach Eight narrative interviews were conducted among members community living a city The data analyzed using analysis approach “social identity” as theo...

Three hypotheses were derived from research on vicarious revenge and tested in the context of the assassination of Osama bin Laden in 2011. In line with the notion that revenge aims at delivering a message (the "message hypothesis"), Study 1 shows that Americans' vengeful desires in the aftermath of 9/11 predicted a sense of justice achieved after bin Laden's death, and that this effect was med...