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This study is underscoring the impact of climate change on the major agricultural crops in Punjab, Pakistan. These crops are Wheat, Rice, Cotton and Sugarcane. This is the first study of its nature to study the impact of scientific information’s on the stages of development of each crop in...
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Availability of fresh water remained a serious issue and its severity is increasing day by day. The situation is further being deteriorating in earthquake prone, hilly, and rural areas. In these areas most vulnerable segment of population is women for they are the ones who have to fetch water...
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This study attempts to investigate the presence of a regional Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) in selected South Asian countries, namely, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka for the period 1984–2008. In addition, it also intends to inspect the impact of corruption on environmental...
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Availability of fresh water remained a serious issue and its severity is increasing day by day. The situation is further being deteriorating in earthquake prone, hilly, and rural areas. In these areas most vulnerable segment of population is women for they are the ones who have to fetch water...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010547976
Media plays an important role in every field in all over the world, government, Political parties and other organizations use media for there own will. After intervention in Swat, Taliban started use of media and designed a special media strategy. Taliban created panic via radio channels and...
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This study explores the nexus between foreign aid, war on terror, and terrorism in Pakistan for the period 1972–2010. By making use of Johansen method of cointegration, the paper concludes that, contrary to the popular assumption, there is no association between foreign assistance and conflict...
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This study is an attempt to explore the cost of unserved energy due to power outages in Pakistan that started in 2007. The study is based on a survey conducted for four major industrial cities of Punjab—Gujrat, Faisalabad, Gujranwala, and Sialkot. In addition to quantification of output...
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This study is an attempt to explore the cost of unserved energy due to power outages in Pakistan that started in 2007. The study is based on a survey conducted for four major industrial cities of Punjab—Gujrat, Faisalabad, Gujranwala, and Sialkot. In addition to quantification of output...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010541380
This study empirically explores the relationship between terrorism and the media in selected South Asian countries. Using Negative Binomial Regression, the results indicate that freedom of media has actually been used by militants to their benefit in inciting more terrorism in the region. Hence,...
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For about a year now, Pakistan is facing the worst energy crisis of her history. If on one hand, the increase in the oil prices at the world level is severely affecting the common masses, on the other hand, the shortage of electricity is creating havoc in the country. Beside others, one...
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