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 ...

Investment banks play a vital role in the economic development of a country through their impact on capital and money markets. In developing countries, they promote and support business investors in bringing about economic ...

Behavioral finance focuses on psychological factors—such as risk perception and portfolio management—that play a crucial role in investors’ financial decisionmaking. This study investigates the effect of risk tolerance ...