Compared to the rapidly-growing economies of Southeast Asia, the growth performance of the Pakistan economy was significantly weaker during the 1970s and 1980s. While the Southeast Asian countries made substantial progress in improving living standards, the average standard of living, as measured by the GNP per capita, was virtually stagnant in Pakistan over this period. Much of the difference ...

Nature has blessed Pakistan with an ideal climate for growing a wide range of delicious fruits. Thus a very wide range of tropical, sub-tropical and temperate fruits are grown in the country. Over the years, Pakistani experts have developed unique strains of exotic fruit varieties. Pakistan is producing a large variety of fruits on an area of 734.6 thousand hectares with a total production of 5...

Introduction Various serotypes of DF were frequently reported in different regions of Pakistan on smaller scale. However, the worst dengue outbreak in Pakistan was experienced in 2011 in Lahore which is a 2nd most popolous city of Pakistan and capital of province punjab. This epidemic erupted during the post monsoon season and claimed 301 lives in just 4 months. To address that health crisis, G...

With increasing life spans across the world, Pakistan is also experiencing a rise in its elderly population. With meager resources and a poor understanding of aging; Pakistan faces many challenges in caring for its elderly population. This article highlights the present infrastructure and systems in place for the aged in Pakistan with a special focus on health and medical issues. Future possibi...

168 Microbial communities present in the lower respiratory tract of clinically healthy birds in Pakistan. M. Z. Shabbir*1, J. Park3, T. Malys3, Y. Ivanov3, M. Rabbani2, T. Yaqub1, and E. T. Harvill3, 1Quality Operations Laboratory, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, 2University Diagnostic Laboratory, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Punj...

1 Department of Architecture, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro, Pakistan. 2 Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (The National University of Malaysia), Malaysia. 3 Fundamental Engineering Unit, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (The National University of Malay...

1. Faculty of Pharmacy, Hamdard University, Madinat al Hikmah, Karachi, Pakistan 2. Dept. of Pharmacy, Clifton Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan 3. Natural Products and Alternative Medicines, College of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Dammam, Dammam, Saudi Arabia 4. Dept. of Pharmaceutics, College of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Dammam, Dammam, Saudi Arabia 5. Dept. of Social Sciences, Shaheed Z...

Muhammad Altaf Khan1, ∗, Abdul Wahid2, Saeed Islam3, Ilyas Khan4, Sharidan Shafie5, Taza Gul1 1Department of Mathematics, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, 23200, Mardan, Pakistan 2Department of Mathematics, Islamia College University Peshawar, KP, 25000, Peshawar, Pakistan 3Department of Mathematics, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, 23200, Mardan, Pakistan 4College of Engineering Majmaah Un...

BACKGROUND Perinatal depression is highly prevalent in South Asia. Although effective and culturally feasible interventions exist, a key bottleneck for scaled-up delivery is lack of trained human resource. The aim of this study was to adapt an evidence-based intervention so that local women from the community (peers) could be trained to deliver it, and to test the adapted intervention for feasi...

Pakistan’s parliamentary libraries reflect the challenges that the democratic institutions they serve have faced since independence in 1947. This article provides a historical context to the development of the bicameral parliament in Pakistan and four provincial assemblies. It describes the founding and development of parliamentary library and research services in that context and presents some...