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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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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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The dynamic linkages of Pakistani and global stock markets : evidence from Karachi stock exchange
Mohammad, Sulaiman D.; Hussain, Adnan - In: Pakistan journal of commerce and social sciences 5 (2011) 2, pp. 233-242
The aim of the study is to explore the long run association among Pakistani equity market and some developed and emerging equity markets. Weekly data from the period of 2000 to 2010 was applied in this study. The result highlighted Pakistani equity market well correlated with the American equity...
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Interpreting sheepskin effects of investment in schooling
Shabbir, Tayyeb; Ashraf, Javed - In: Pakistan journal of commerce and social sciences 5 (2011) 2, pp. 202-215
(1991) for Pakistan, Schady (2003) for the Philippines, and Mora (2008) for Colombia. Testing the sheepskin or credential … the case of Pakistan. Specifically, this paper explores the above question of interpretation of sheepskin effects in the … case of Pakistan. Using the IFPRI-sponsored, 1987 Pakistan Survey of Rural Education, Migration and Employment (PSREME), it …
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Entrepreneurial attitudes among potential entrepreneurs
Ali, Akhtar; Topping, Keith J.; Tariq, Riaz H. - In: Pakistan journal of commerce and social sciences 5 (2011) 1, pp. 12-46
This article explores entrepreneurial attitudes among potential entrepreneurs in Pakistan. Multi-stage sampling …
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Testing the conditional convergence hypothesis for Pakistan
Jan, Sajjad Ahmad; Chaudhary, A. R. - In: Pakistan journal of commerce and social sciences 5 (2011) 1, pp. 117-128
This study investigates for the existence or non-existence of conditional convergence across the provinces of Pakistan … states of the provinces. The result shows that the provinces of Pakistan converge to their own respective steady states with …
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