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A literature based critical analysis on the report population stabilization : the case for Pakistan
Nasir, Jamal Abdul; Tahir, M. H. - In: Pakistan journal of commerce and social sciences 6 (2012) 2, pp. 325-331
Pakistan launched one of the first population control programs in the late 1950s, yet has lagged far behind other … formulating an integrated and effective population policy in Pakistan. Therefore, this paper presents literature based demographic … analysis on a recent report published by Ministry of Population Welfare: Population stabilization: the case for Pakistan (Khan …
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Demographic profile of an indigenous community : the arians of Pakistan
Nasir, Jamal Abdul; Tahir, M. H.; Riaz, Muhammad - In: Pakistan journal of commerce and social sciences 7 (2013) 3, pp. 444-453
In this paper, a demographic study was conducted on Muslim Arians of Punjab, Pakistan. Hitherto no detailed demographic … study has been conducted on Arians of Pakistan. The population composition of Arians residing in Punjab was evaluated. The … attracts the planners and administrators for micro-level planning towards the development of ethnographical surveys in Pakistan. …
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Measuring and modeling the fertility profile of indigenous people in Pakistan : a study of the Arians
Nasir, Jamal Abdul; Tahir, M. H.; Riaz, Muhammad - In: Pakistan journal of commerce and social sciences 4 (2010) 2, pp. 132-146
demographic research in Pakistan. Keeping this view in mind, this paper evaluates the fertility profile of the Arians, an … indigenous community in Pakistan. A random sample of 510 ever-married Arian women aged (15-49) years was selected from three … districts in Pakistan where most of the Arian population lived. The analysis demonstrated that a minor proportion of Arians …
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A statistical assessment of demographic bonus towards poverty alleviation
Nasir, Jamal Abdul; Tahir, M. H. - In: Pakistan journal of commerce and social sciences 5 (2011) 1, pp. 1-11
The shift of birth and death rates from high to low level in any population is referred as demographic transition. Mechanically, the transition of a society creates more working member of its own population commonly called demographic bonus. This article empirically explores the realistic...
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Age-structure, human capital and economic growth in developing economies : a disaggregated analysis
Ahmad, Munir; Khan, Rana Ejaz Ali - In: Pakistan journal of commerce and social sciences 12 (2018) 1, pp. 229-252
It is attempted to explore the role of change in age-structure and human capital in economic growth of developing countries. A disaggregated panel analysis of 67 developing economies across regions and income groups over the time period of 1960-2014 is conducted. Difference Generalized Method of...
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The decomposition analysis of CO 2 emission and economic growth in Pakistan India and China
Attari, Muhammad Irfan Javaid; Attaria, Sumayya Nasim - In: Pakistan journal of commerce and social sciences 5 (2011) 2, pp. 330-343
analysis of PIC nations i.e. Pakistan, India and China. The study also provides the detail information regarding the …
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Personal and job related predictors of teacher stress and job performance among school teachers
Hanif, Rubina; Tariq, Sadaf; Nadeem, Masood - In: Pakistan journal of commerce and social sciences 5 (2011) 2, pp. 319-329
Government and Private Schools of Islamabad (Pakistan). Sample I was comprised of 400 teachers (men and women) from Primary and …
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Risk and return under Shari'a framework : an attempt to develop Shari'a compliant asset pricing model (SCAPM)
Hanif, Muhammad - In: Pakistan journal of commerce and social sciences 5 (2011) 2, pp. 283-292
A speedy emerging area of finance is the Shari'a compliant financial system. In first decade of 21st century Islamic financing has shown tremendous increase and global volume has reached to US $ 1,041 billion by the end of 2009. Being financial intermediaries Islamic Financial Institutions...
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Analyzing the stock markets role as a source of capital formation in Pakistan
Kanasro, Hakim Ali; Junejo, Mumtaz Ali; Junejo, Mansoor … - In: Pakistan journal of commerce and social sciences 5 (2011) 2, pp. 273-282
This paper is to examine the stock markets role in the capital formation in Pakistan from the period 1st January 2001 … of Pakistan and three stock exchanges; Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad Stock exchanges. The stock market size of capital … exchange is the oldest and biggest Stock exchange of Pakistan and it is the first mover to adapt institutional developments …
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Entrepreneurial propensity in Pakistan and UK : a comparative study of Pakistani and UK prospective teachers
Akhtar, Ali; Topping, Keith; Tariq, Riaz H.; Wakefield, … - In: Pakistan journal of commerce and social sciences 5 (2011) 2, pp. 243-265
This research compares entrepreneurial inclination of Pakistani and UK primary level prospective teachers (B.Ed. students). Factor analysis revealed entrepreneurial intentions, instrumental readiness and self-efficacy as three common factors among both the data sets. Both the groups of...
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